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“Beyond hemp’s removal from the CSA, a key component of the bill is establishing legal protection for cannabidiol (CBD),” commented Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the U.S. Hemp Round Table. “By redefining hemp to include its ‘extracts, cannabinoids and derivatives,’ Congress explicitly has removed popular hemp products — such as hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) — from the purview of the CSA. Accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration no longer has any possible claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products.”

That's really the key provision, and it only makes sense. If one legalizes the cultivation of oranges, it only makes sense that it implies that all parts of the orange are legal (juice, concentrates, peel, pulp, etc.,) How could an extract of an orange be illegal when the entire fruit is not? It isn't an exact comparison, so it was smart to make it explicitly clear that industrial hemp is explicitly defined to include “all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers” of industrial hemp.