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This act establishes a new, separate registration process to facilitate research on marijuana.
Specifically, the act directs the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to follow procedures specified in the act to register (1) practitioners to conduct marijuana research, and (2) manufacturers to supply marijuana for the research.
The act allows certain registered entities (including institutions of higher education, practitioners, and manufacturers) to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess marijuana or cannabidiol (CBD) for the purposes of medical research. Additionally, the act directs the DEA to register manufacturers and distributors of CBD or marijuana for the purpose of commercial production of an approved drug that contains marijuana or its derivative.
Finally, the act includes various other provisions, including provisions that
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 8454 as public Law on Dec 2, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jul 26, 2022
Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
325 Yea 95 Nay 10 not voting
Crossed both parties 95 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 95 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 8454 and vote against it. 6 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 8454 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
39 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.