S. 1984: KIDs Act of 2015
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S. 1984: KIDs Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-08-05 · Native Americans · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-08-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
KIDs Act of 2015
Plain summary
Keeping out Illegal Drugs Act of 2015 or the KIDs Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any Indian tribe or a tribal organization from: (1) cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands; (2) knowingly or intentionally allowing the cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of marijuana on Indian lands; or (3) failing to prosecute, or to notify the appropriate federal official regarding, an individual or entity who is discovered to be cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands or failing to destroy the relevant marijuana crop in accordance with federal law. No funds authorized or appropriated by federal law shall be made available to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization determined to have violated this Act until such tribe or tribal organization has remedied the violation and achieved compliance with this Act.
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Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1984.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1984 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114