HR 5601
118th Congress
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MORE Act
Introduced: September 20, 2023
Introduced by:
Nadler, Jerrold
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Sep 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Sep 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 20, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 20, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or the MORE Act
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 an excise tax on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States and an occupational tax on cannabis production facilities and export warehouses,
- 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 an event (e.g., conduct or conviction) relating to possession or use of cannabis that is no longer prohibited under the bill,
- 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
14
- Agriculture Committee
- Aviation Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Health Subcommittee
- Highways and Transit Subcommittee
- Judiciary Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
- Small Business Committee
- Trade Subcommittee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Ways and Means Committee