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US HR3884

US HR3884
MORE Act of 2020 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020


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Introduced
07/23/2019
In Committee
11/21/2019
Crossed Over
12/07/2020
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

MORE Act of 2020 MORE Act of 2020 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 This bill decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also makes other changes, including the following: replaces statutory references to marijuana and marihuana with cannabis, requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund, makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization.

AI Summary

This bill decriminalizes and deschedulizes cannabis at the federal level. It removes cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, eliminating criminal penalties for the manufacture, distribution, or possession of cannabis. The bill also creates an Opportunity Trust Fund financed by a 5% tax on cannabis products, with funds directed towards providing job training, re-entry services, legal aid, and substance use disorder services for individuals adversely impacted by the War on Drugs. The bill requires the expungement of federal non-violent cannabis offenses, allows for the resentencing of individuals under criminal justice sentences for federal cannabis offenses, and prohibits the denial of federal public benefits or immigration benefits based on cannabis-related conduct or convictions. The bill also requires the Small Business Administration to provide loans and services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services, Justice, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (121)

Jerry Nadler (D)* Alma Adams (D),  Pete Aguilar (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Joe Courtney (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Charlie Crist (D),  Jason Crow (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Lloyd Doggett (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Matt Gaetz (R),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Chuy García (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  John Larson (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Dean Phillips (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Katie Porter (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  David Price (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Michael San Nicolas (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  David Scott (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Lori Trahan (D),  David Trone (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 12/07/2020)

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