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HR 3578 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing

Expungement Act of 2017

Introduced: July 28, 2017 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Became law
Sep 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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Expungement Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a process to expunge an individual's records related to a nonviolent criminal offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal misdemeanor or felony offense that: (1) does not include, as an element, the use of a weapon or violence; and (2) does not involve violence in its commission.

To be eligible for expungement, an individual must: have no violent offense convictions and not more than one other nonviolent offense conviction; avoid drug or alcohol dependency or abuse; obtain a high school diploma; and fulfill the requirements of a court-ordered sentence, such as complete a prison term and meet the conditions of supervised release.

What's happening now September 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3578: Expungement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3578/
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"H.R. 3578: Expungement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3578/.
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H.R. 3578, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3578/.
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