"The administrative law judge recommends that the Administrator conclude that the marijuana plant considered as a whole has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, that there is no lack of accepted safety for use of it under medical supervision and that it may lawfully be transferred from Schedule I to Schedule II. The judge recommends that the Administrator transfer marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II."
So, for POLITICAL reasons, the judge's recommendation was ignored. And that's a good thing? Oh, wait, the ends justify the means in the war on drugs. We shouldn't let things like medical research and facts get in the way. Silly me.
Do you not even read your own references? The word "recommendation" was used to be consistent with the language in the law you are touting here. It still required an intervention by the District Supremes to remove DEA's outlaw status in not responding, as anyone who bothers to look can see. This was not an obscure event, it was major news in it's day.