Comer Wants Spending Bill to Delay Intoxicating Hemp Ban

Comer backs initiative to delay hemp ban from going into effect in November

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has thrown his weight behind a bill that would delay the implementation of hemp-banning language in an agriculture funding law set to go into effect in November. As part of the agriculture funding bill passed in November 2025 to end the government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed into law a provision that lawmakers said was aimed at closing an unintended loophole in the 2018 farm bill that allowed the accessible sa…

Comer wants spending bill to delay intoxicating hemp ban

Kentucky Republican hopes to win a two-year extension in spending legislation needed this month to head off a partial government shutdown.

Key GOP Congressional Committee Chairman Pushes To Delay Hemp THC Ban, Saying It Will Hurt Farmers

The Republican chair of a key congressional committee is joining with farmers to push for a delay in the planned enactment of a federal law that threatens to recriminalize hemp-derived THC products. “The hemp industry is facing significant challenges and growing uncertainty, and is long past time for Congress to provide farmers and business owners with the clarity they need to succeed,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Ja…