USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Rhode Island, the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians

Date
January 08, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the approval of hemp production plans under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program for Rhode Island and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, bringing the total number of approved plans to 72.

USDA continues to receive and review hemp production plans from states and Indian tribes. To review approved plans or check the status of a plan, visit the Status of State and Tribal Hemp Production Plans webpage.

State and tribal plans previously approved include: 

States

Tribes

Delaware

Blackfeet Nation

Florida

Cayuga Nation

Georgia

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Illinois

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Indiana

Chippewa Cree Tribe

Iowa

Colorado River Indian Tribes

Kansas

Comanche Nation

Louisiana

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Maine

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians

Maryland

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Massachusetts

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Michigan

Fort Belknap Indian Community

Minnesota

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

Missouri

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Montana

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indian Tribes

Nebraska

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

New Jersey

Lower Sioux Indian Community

New Mexico

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Ohio

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Oklahoma

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Pennsylvania

Pala Band of Mission Indians

South Carolina

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

South Dakota

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Tennessee

Pueblo of Picuris Tribe

Texas

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

Utah

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Washington

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

West Virginia

San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona

Wyoming

Santa Rosa Cahuilla Indian Tribe

Puerto Rico

Santee Sioux Nation

U.S. Virgin Islands

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

 

Seneca Nation of Indians

 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe

 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

 

Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

 

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

 

Yurok Tribe

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) directed USDA to develop a regulatory oversight program for hemp and include provisions for USDA to approve hemp production plans submitted by states and Indian tribes. Accordingly, on Oct. 31, 2019, USDA issued an interim final rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program and the provisions for USDA to approve submitted plans. State and tribal plans provide details on practices and procedures that enable hemp producers in their jurisdictions to operate according to their individual plans and in compliance with federal laws.

For additional information about the program, visit the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program webpage.

For information or questions related to a specific plan, please contact the applicable state or tribe.

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