Transferring agency functions with regard to cannabis

(a) Transfer of jurisdiction from the Drug Enforcement Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury The functions of the Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration relating to cannabis enforcement, shall hereafter be administered by— (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury. (b) Redesignation of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau as Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Tax and Trade Bureau (1) Redesignation Section 1111(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 531(d)) is amended by striking Tax and Trade Bureau each place it appears and inserting Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Tax and Trade Bureau. (2) References Any reference to the Tax and Trade Bureau or the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Tax and Trade Bureau. (c) Memorandum of Understanding (1) In general For purposes of carrying out the purposes of this Act, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Tax and Trade Bureau, as so redesignated under subsection (b)) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding coordination of their respective responsibilities with regard to regulation of cannabis and cannabis products. (2) Compliance burdens For purposes of establishing the memorandum of understanding described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall include consideration of— (A) any compliance burdens imposed on persons involved in the cannabis industry who are subject to regulation under this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and (B) to the greatest extent practicable, reduction of any unnecessary administrative duplication with respect to such regulation.