S. 2227 116th Congress Senate

MORE Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungem… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 23, 2019 See on congress.gov

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Correctional facilities and imprisonmentDepartment of JusticeDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment trust fundsImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLawyers and legal servicesLicensing and registrationsMinority and disadvantaged businessesRetail and wholesale tradesSales and excise taxesSmall businessVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWomen in business

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Jul 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 23, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action July 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 or the MORE Act of 2019

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), and
establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses.