Companion bills that would regulate kratom nationwide while restricting government agencies from prohibiting it have been filed in both the US Senate and House of Representatives.
Kratom products.
The bipartisan Kratom Consumer Protection Act is sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (R) and Senator Cory Booker (D) in the Senate with the bill number S.3039. In the House of Representatives the measure is sponsored by Representstives Mark Pocan (D) and Jack Bergman (R), with the bill number H.R.5905.
The proposed law would require the FDA to study the health effects of Kratom while prohibiting the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from placing restrictions on the plant that are harsher than those placed on other food and dietary supplements.
The measure states that the government could not “treat kratom, or any product derived from or containing kratom, as an adulterated dietary supplement”, nor could it “require kratom to undergo requirements for notification as a new dietary ingredient.”
The legislation also requires the DHHS to conduct a public hearing on the potential risks and health benefits of kratom
A “Kratom Research Task Force” would be established in order to “coordinate kratom-related research conducted or supported by the Federal Government.”
Similar legislation was recently approved on the state level by the North Carolina Legislature.
