A new law federally restricting hemp-derived THC products was added to the funding bill that ended the longest Government shutdown in U.S. history. A move officials with the Texas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says has veterans worried.

According to many lawmakers, the federal government can only reopen once intoxicating hemp products have been vanquished for good.

Beau Whitney, a consultant to the hemp and cannabis industries, said, at a minimum, the new federal ban on THC-containing hemp products will displace more than 40,000 Texas workers and shutter more than 6,

Within the legislation to end the longest-ever government shutdown is language that would ban hemp-derived THC products that have anything more than 0.4 milligrams of THC or other cannabinoids that could produce a high per container.

Current federal law allows the sale of hemp-derived THC products if they contain no more than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight. The language in the deal enforces a total THC limit of 0.4 milligrams and effectively prohibits those products for personal or household use.

This article originally published at Congress is taking a page out of Texas' THC playbook. House Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed off swearing in the Arizona Democrat, who was elected on Sept. 23. Questions abound about who qualifies and whether enough funds are available.

Even as Congress is taking steps to reinstitute a federal ban on hemp products containing THC, Texas officials are distributing a new hemp law “checklist” list to help businesses comply with recently enacted state cannabis rules—including age-gating to prevent the sale of intoxicating cannabinoid products to youth.