<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">U.S. House Bill 499: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">(Introduced February 5, 2013)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">H.R. 499 would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, leaving it up to the states to decide whether to allow marijuana for medicinal or recreational use. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; "></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Specifically, the bill would:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.25em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">R<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">emove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances;</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.25em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Transfer the Drug Enforcement Administration’s authority to regulate marijuana to a newly renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms, which will be tasked with regulating marijuana as it currently does alcohol; and</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.25em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Require marijuana producers and sellers to purchase a permit, as commercial alcohol producers do, of which the proceeds would offset the cost of federal oversight.</span></span></span></li></ol><div><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">COSPONSORS</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/earl_blumenauer/400033" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR3]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/steve_cohen/412236" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Cohen, Steve [D-TN9]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/michael_honda/400185" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Honda, Michael “Mike” [D-CA17]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jared_huffman/412511" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 171, 150); vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Huffman, Jared [D-CA2]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/barbara_lee/400237" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Lee, Barbara [D-CA13]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/james_moran/400283" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Moran, James “Jim” [D-VA8]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jerrold_nadler/400289" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY10]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eleanor_norton/400295" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Norton, Eleanor [D-DC0]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/janice_schakowsky/400360" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Schakowsky, Janice “Jan” [D-IL9]</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Pocan, Mark [D-WI2] </font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA48]</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Pingree, Chellie [D-ME2]</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Swalwell, Eric [D-CA15]</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Grijalva, Raul [D-AZ3]</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Hastings, Alcee [D-FL20]</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">U.S. House Bill 499</font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr499ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr499ih.pdf">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr499ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr499ih.pdf</a></span></font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">-------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>