section: 511. Loans to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers The Administrator may not decline to provide a guarantee for a loan under this title to an otherwise eligible State or local development company solely because such State or local development company provides financing to an entity that is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider (as defined in section 3(ff) of the Small Business Act). . 7. No discrimination in the provision of a federal public benefit on the basis of cannabis (a) In general No person may be denied any Federal public benefit (as such term is defined in section 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1611(c) )) on the basis of any use or possession of cannabis, or on the basis of a conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency for a cannabis offense, by that person. (b) Security clearances Federal agencies may not use past or present cannabis or marijuana use as criteria for granting, denying, or rescinding a security clearance. 8. No adverse effect for purposes of the immigration laws (a) In general For purposes of the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act), cannabis may not be considered a controlled substance, and an alien may not be denied any benefit or protection under the immigration laws based on any event, including conduct, a finding, an admission, addiction or abuse, an arrest, a juvenile adjudication, or a conviction, relating to cannabis, regardless of whether the event occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. (b) Cannabis defined The term cannabis — (1) means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not