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Union Calendar No. 203 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3617 
[Report No. 117–276, Part I] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2021 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, 
Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Re-
sources, Oversight and Reform, 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 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. DEAN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. LIEU, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. 
JONES, Ms. BUSH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mrs. CAROLYN 
B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
NEWMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. 
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CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GAETZ, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PHIL-
LIPS, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. BROWN 
of Maryland, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mr. TRONE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CRIST, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CROW, Ms. 
ADAMS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Ms. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. RYAN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. CLEAVER 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Labor, 
Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Re-
form, and Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 28, 2021] 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marijuana Opportunity 
Reinvestment and Expungement Act’’ or the ‘‘MORE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The communities that have been most 
harmed by cannabis prohibition are benefiting the 
least from the legal marijuana marketplace. 
(2) A legacy of racial and ethnic injustices, com-
pounded by the disproportionate collateral con-
sequences of 80 years of cannabis prohibition enforce-
ment, now limits participation in the industry. 
(3) 37 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopt-
ed laws allowing legal access to cannabis, and 15 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam have 
adopted laws legalizing cannabis for adult rec-
reational use. 
(4) A total of 47 States have reformed their laws 
pertaining to cannabis despite the Schedule I status 
of marijuana and its Federal criminalization. 
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(5) Legal cannabis sales totaled $20,000,000,000 
in 2020 and are projected to reach $40,500,000,000 
by 2025. 
(6) According to the American Civil Liberties 
Union (ACLU), enforcing cannabis prohibition laws 
costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 billion a year. 
(7) The continued enforcement of cannabis prohi-
bition laws results in over 600,000 arrests annually, 
disproportionately impacting people of color who are 
almost 4 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis 
possession than their White counterparts, despite 
equal rates of use across populations. 
(8) People of color have been historically targeted 
by discriminatory sentencing practices resulting in 
Black men receiving drug sentences that are 13.1 per-
cent longer than sentences imposed for White men and 
Latinos being nearly 6.5 times more likely to receive 
a Federal sentence for cannabis possession than non- 
Hispanic Whites. 
(9) In 2013, simple cannabis possession was the 
fourth most common cause of deportation for any of-
fense and the most common cause of deportation for 
drug law violations. 
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(10) Fewer than one-fifth of cannabis business 
owners identify as minorities and only approximately 
4 percent are black. 
(11) Applicants for cannabis licenses are limited 
by numerous laws, regulations, and exorbitant permit 
applications, licensing fees, and costs in these States, 
which can require more than $700,000. 
(12) Historically disproportionate arrest and 
conviction rates make it particularly difficult for peo-
ple of color to enter the legal cannabis marketplace, 
as most States bar these individuals from partici-
pating. 
(13) Federal law severely limits access to loans 
and capital for cannabis businesses, disproportion-
ately impacting minority small business owners. 
(14) Some States and municipalities have taken 
proactive steps to mitigate inequalities in the legal 
cannabis marketplace and ensure equal participation 
in the industry. 
SEC. 3. DECRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS. 
(a) CANNABIS REMOVED FROM SCHEDULE OF CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES.— 
(1) REMOVAL
IN
STATUTE.—Subsection (c) of 
schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘(10) Marihuana.’’; and 
(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(17) 
Tetrahydrocannabinols, 
except 
for 
tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined 
under section 297A of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946).’’. 
(2) REMOVAL FROM SCHEDULE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall finalize a rulemaking 
under section 201(a)(2) removing marihuana and 
tetrahydrocannabinols from the schedules of controlled 
substances. For the purposes of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act, marihuana and tetrahydrocannabinols 
shall each be deemed to be a drug or other substance 
that does not meet the requirements for inclusion in 
any schedule. A rulemaking under this paragraph 
shall be considered to have taken effect as of the date 
of enactment of this Act for purposes of any offense 
committed, case pending, conviction entered, and, in 
the case of a juvenile, any offense committed, case 
pending, and adjudication of juvenile delinquency en-
tered before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES ACT.—The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
801 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102(44) (21 U.S.C. 802(44)), by 
striking ‘‘marihuana,’’; 
(2) in section 401(b) (21 U.S.C. 841(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (vi), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(II) by striking clause (vii); and 
(III) 
by 
redesignating 
clause 
(viii) as clause (vii); 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (vi), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(II) by striking clause (vii); and 
(III) 
by 
redesignating 
clause 
(viii) as clause (vii); 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A) and (B)’’; 
(iv) by striking subparagraph (D); 
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(v) by redesignating subparagraph (E) 
as subparagraph (D); and 
(vi) in subparagraph (D)(i), as so re-
designated, by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C) 
and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(C)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), 
and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively; 
(3) 
in 
section 
402(c)(2)(B) 
(21 
U.S.C. 
842(c)(2)(B)), by striking ‘‘, marihuana,’’; 
(4) in section 403(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 843(d)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘, marihuana,’’; 
(5) in section 418(a) (21 U.S.C. 859(a)), by 
striking the last sentence; 
(6) in section 419(a) (21 U.S.C. 860(a)), by 
striking the last sentence; 
(7) in section 422(d) (21 U.S.C. 863(d))— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘marijuana,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, such as 
a marihuana cigarette,’’; and 
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(8) in section 516(d) (21 U.S.C. 886(d)), by 
striking ‘‘section 401(b)(6)’’ each place the term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘section 401(b)(5)’’. 
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM DRUG CONTROL 
ACT OF 1986.—The National Forest System Drug Con-
trol Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 559b et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in section 15002(a) (16 U.S.C. 559b(a)) 
by striking ‘‘marijuana and other’’; 
(B) in section 15003(2) (16 U.S.C. 559c(2)) 
by striking ‘‘marijuana and other’’; and 
(C) in section 15004(2) (16 U.S.C. 559d(2)) 
by striking ‘‘marijuana and other’’. 
(2) INTERCEPTION
OF
COMMUNICATIONS.—Sec-
tion 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (1)(e), by striking ‘‘mari-
huana,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (2) by striking ‘‘mari-
huana’’. 
(3) FMCSA PROVISIONS.— 
(A) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
31301(5) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 31306,’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘sections 31306, 31306a, and subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 31310,’’. 
(B) DEFINITION.—Section 31306(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘means any substance’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) any substance’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and 
‘‘(B) any substance not covered under sub-
paragraph (A) that was a substance under such 
section as of December 1, 2018, and specified by 
the Secretary of Transportation.’’. 
(C) DISQUALIFICATIONS.—Section 31310(b) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In this subsection and subsection (c), the term 
‘controlled substance’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 31306(a).’’. 
(4) FAA PROVISIONS.—Section 45101 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘means any substance’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) any substance’’; and 
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