(3) The table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 98 of such Code is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Establishment of Opportunity Trust Fund.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to removals, and applications 
for permits under section 5922 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as added by subsection (b)), 
after 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF OPPORTUNITY TRUST 
FUND.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 6. OPPORTUNITY TRUST FUND PROGRAMS. 
(a) CANNABIS JUSTICE OFFICE; COMMUNITY REIN-
VESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) CANNABIS
JUSTICE
OFFICE.—Part A of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 109 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 110. CANNABIS JUSTICE OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office of Justice Programs a Cannabis Justice Office. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Cannabis Justice Office shall 
be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro-
grams. The Director shall report to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Office of Justice Programs. The Director 
shall award grants and may enter into compacts, coopera-
tive agreements, and contracts on behalf of the Cannabis 
Justice Office. The Director may not engage in any em-
ployment other than that of serving as the Director, nor 
may the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity 
for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the 
Office makes any contract or other arrangement. 
‘‘(c) EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall employ 
as many full-time employees as are needed to carry 
out the duties and functions of the Cannabis Justice 
Office under subsection (d). Such employees shall be 
exclusively assigned to the Cannabis Justice Office. 
‘‘(2) INITIAL HIRES.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Di-
rector shall— 
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‘‘(A) hire no less than one-third of the 
total number of employees of the Cannabis Jus-
tice Office; and 
‘‘(B) no more than one-half of the employ-
ees assigned to the Cannabis Justice Office by 
term appointment that may after 2 years be 
converted to career appointment. 
‘‘(3) LEGAL COUNSEL.—At least one employee 
hired for the Cannabis Justice Office shall serve as 
legal counsel to the Director and shall provide coun-
sel to the Cannabis Justice Office. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.—The Cannabis Jus-
tice Office is authorized to— 
‘‘(1) administer the Community Reinvestment 
Grant Program; and 
‘‘(2) perform such other functions as the Assist-
ant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Pro-
grams may delegate, that are consistent with the 
statutory obligations of this section.’’. 
(2) COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘PART PP—COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT GRANT 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3056. AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cannabis 
Justice Office shall establish and carry out a grant pro-
gram, known as the ‘Community Reinvestment Grant Pro-
gram’, to provide eligible entities with funds to administer 
services for individuals adversely impacted by the War on 
Drugs, including— 
‘‘(1) job training; 
‘‘(2) reentry services; 
‘‘(3) legal aid for civil and criminal cases, in-
cluding expungement of cannabis convictions; 
‘‘(4) literacy programs; 
‘‘(5) youth recreation or mentoring programs; 
and 
‘‘(6) health education programs. 
‘‘(b) SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES.—The 
Director, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall provide eligible entities with funds 
to administer substance use disorder services for individ-
uals adversely impacted by the War on Drugs or connect 
patients with substance use disorder services. Also eligible 
for such services are individuals who have been arrested 
for or convicted of the sale, possession, use, manufacture, 
or cultivation of a controlled substance other than can-
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nabis (except for a conviction involving distribution to a 
minor). 
‘‘SEC. 3057. FUNDING FROM OPPORTUNITY TRUST FUND. 
‘‘The Director shall carry out the program under this 
part using funds made available under section 9512(c)(1) 
and (2) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
‘‘SEC. 3058. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘cannabis conviction’ means a 
conviction, or adjudication of juvenile delinquency, 
for a cannabis offense (as such term is defined in 
section 13 of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvest-
ment and Expungement Act). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible entity’ means a non-
profit organization, as defined in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code, that is representative 
of a community or a significant segment of a com-
munity with experience in providing relevant services 
to individuals adversely impacted by the War on 
Drugs in that community. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘individuals adversely impacted 
by the War on Drugs’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 6 of the Marijuana Opportunity Re-
investment and Expungement Act.’’. 
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(b) CANNABIS RESTORATIVE OPPORTUNITY PRO-
GRAM; EQUITABLE LICENSING GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) CANNABIS
RESTORATIVE
OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall establish and carry out a 
program, to be known as the ‘‘Cannabis Restorative 
Opportunity Program’’, to provide loans and tech-
nical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) to assist small 
business concerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals that op-
erate in eligible States or localities. 
(2) EQUITABLE LICENSING GRANT PROGRAM.— 
The Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall establish and carry out a grant pro-
gram, to be known as the ‘‘Equitable Licensing 
Grant Program’’, to provide any eligible State or lo-
cality funds to develop and implement equitable can-
nabis licensing programs that minimize barriers to 
cannabis licensing and employment for individuals 
adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, provided 
that each grantee includes in its cannabis licensing 
program at least four of the following elements: 
(A) A waiver of cannabis license applica-
tion fees for individuals who report an income 
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below 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level 
for at least 5 of the past 10 years and who are 
first-time applicants for a cannabis license. 
(B) A prohibition on the denial of a can-
nabis license based on a conviction for a can-
nabis offense that took place prior to State le-
galization of cannabis or the date of enactment 
of this Act, as appropriate. 
(C) A prohibition on restrictions for licens-
ing relating to criminal convictions except with 
respect to a criminal conviction related to own-
ing and operating a business. 
(D) A prohibition on cannabis license hold-
ers engaging in suspicionless cannabis drug 
testing of their prospective or current employ-
ees, except with respect to drug testing for safe-
ty-sensitive positions required under part 40 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(E) The establishment of a cannabis li-
censing board that is reflective of the racial, 
ethnic, economic, and gender composition of the 
eligible State or locality, to serve as an over-
sight body of the equitable licensing program. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) ELIGIBLE STATE OR LOCALITY.—The 
term ‘‘eligible State or locality’’ means a State 
or locality that has taken steps to— 
(i) create an automatic process, at no 
cost 
to 
the 
individual, 
for 
the 
expungement, destruction, or sealing of 
criminal records for cannabis offenses; and 
(ii) eliminate violations or other pen-
alties for persons under parole, probation, 
pre-trial, or other State or local criminal 
supervision for a cannabis offense. 
(B) INDIVIDUAL ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY 
THE
WAR
ON
DRUGS.—The term ‘‘individual 
adversely impacted by the War on Drugs’’ 
means an individual— 
(i) who reports an income below 250 
percent of the Federal Poverty Level for at 
least 5 of the past 10 years; and 
(ii) who has been arrested for or con-
victed of the sale, possession, use, manu-
facture, or cultivation of cannabis (except 
for a conviction involving distribution to a 
minor), or whose parent, sibling, spouse, or 
child has been arrested for or convicted of 
such an offense. 
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(C) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN
OWNED 
AND CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMI-
CALLY
DISADVANTAGED
INDIVIDUALS.—The 
term ‘‘small business concern owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals’’ has the meaning given in 
section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)). 
(D) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 
each of the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, Puerto Rico, any territory or possession 
of the United States, and any Indian Tribe (as 
defined in section 201 of Public Law 90–294 
(25 U.S.C. 1301) (commonly known as the ‘‘In-
dian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’)). 
(c) STUDY ON PROGRAMS.— 
(1) GAO STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration, shall 
conduct an annual study on the individuals and enti-
ties receiving assistance under the Cannabis Restor-
ative Opportunity and Equitable Licensing Pro-
grams. This study shall include the types of assist-
ance by state, and a description of the efforts by the 
Small Business Administration to increase access to 
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capital for cannabis-related small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals, individuals adversely im-
pacted by the War on Drugs, as well as the racial, 
ethnic, economic and gender composition of the eligi-
ble State or locality. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit a report on 
the results of the study conducted under paragraph 
(1) to— 
(A) the Committee on Small Business of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 7. AVAILABILITY OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO CAN-
NABIS-RELATED 
LEGITIMATE 
BUSINESSES 
AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CANNABIS-RELATED 
LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
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Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(gg) CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES 
AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) CANNABIS.—The term ‘cannabis’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) all parts of the plant Cannabis 
sativa L., whether growing or not; 
‘‘(ii) the seeds thereof; 
‘‘(iii) the resin extracted from any 
part of such plant; and 
‘‘(iv) every compound, manufacture, 
salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of 
such plant, its seeds or resin; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) hemp, as defined in section 297A 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; 
‘‘(ii) the mature stalks of such plant, 
fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake 
made from the seeds of such plant, any 
other compound, manufacture, salt, deriva-
tive, mixture, or preparation of such ma-
ture stalks (except the resin extracted 
therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the steri-
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