Bill moves drug control to health officials and removes marijuana.
H.R. 10923 — Public Health and Research Reforms in Controlled Substances Act of 2026 · Filed by Steve Cohen (D-TN) · Introduced Oct 29, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill moves drug control from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It creates a new system with eight schedules. A scientific committee will review all drugs now scheduled. Marijuana is removed entirely. The bill requires review of 31 specific drugs within two years. Researchers will get faster access to study controlled drugs.
Who it affects
Citizens will see marijuana removed from the drug schedule. Researchers and doctors will have easier access to study controlled drugs. People with substance use disorders may get new treatment options.
One thing to notice
The bill removes marijuana and requires review of 31 named drugs in two years. The new system has two separate schedules—one for risk and one for medical value.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 29, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- schedule — An official list that groups drugs by how dangerous they are or how useful they are as medicine.
- Secretary of Health and Human Services — The federal official who runs the department that handles public health and medical decisions.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Nov 4, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,938 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-04.
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