I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3884 
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 
JULY 23, 2019 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. CORREA, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
EVANS, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. 
WATERS, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following 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 Resources, and Over-
sight and Reform, 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 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marijuana Opportunity 
Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘MORE Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. 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— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(10) Marihuana.’’; and 
(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(17) 
Tetrahydrocannabinols, 
except 
for 
tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined in 
section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing 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 rule-
making under section 201(a)(2) removing mari-
huana and tetrahydrocannabinols from the schedules 
of 
controlled 
substances. 
Marihuana 
and 
tetrahydrocannabinols shall each be deemed to be a 
drug or other substance that does not meet the re-
quirements for inclusion in any schedule. A rule-
making under this paragraph shall be considered to 
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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 ju-
venile, any offense committed, case pending, and ad-
judication of juvenile delinquency entered before, on, 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES 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); 
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(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); 
(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))— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘marijuana,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, such 
as a marihuana cigarette,’’; and 
(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 
Control Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 559b et seq.) is 
amended— 
(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 
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(6) nativity; 
(7) race and Hispanic ethnicity; 
(8) school enrollment; 
(9) veteran status; and 
(10) sex. 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The name, address, and 
other identifying information of individuals employed in 
the cannabis industry shall be kept confidential by the Bu-
reau and not be made available to the public. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CANNABIS.—The term ‘‘cannabis’’ means 
either marijuana or cannabis as defined under the 
State law authorizing the sale or use of cannabis in 
which the individual or entity is located. 
(2) CANNABIS INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘cannabis 
industry’’ means an individual or entity that is li-
censed or permitted under a State or local law to en-
gage in commercial cannabis-related activity. 
(3) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means an in-
dividual or entity that is defined as an owner under 
the State or local law where the individual or busi-
ness is licensed or permitted. 
SEC. 4. CREATION OF OPPORTUNITY TRUST FUND AND IM-
POSITION OF TAX ON CANNABIS PRODUCTS. 
(a) TRUST FUND.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter A of chap-
ter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 9512. OPPORTUNITY TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Opportunity Trust Fund’ (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Trust Fund’), consisting of such 
amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such fund 
as provided in this section or section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 
the net revenues received in the Treasury from the tax 
imposed by section 5701(h). 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Trust Fund 
shall be available, without further appropriation, only as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) 50 percent to the Attorney General to 
carry out section 3052(a) of part OO of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
‘‘(2) 10 percent to the Attorney General to 
carry out section 3052(b) of part OO of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
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‘‘(3) 20 percent to the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration to carry out section 
5(b)(1) of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment 
and Expungement Act of 2019. 
‘‘(4) 20 percent to the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration to carry out section 
5(b)(2) of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment 
and Expungement Act of 2019.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Opportunity trust fund.’’. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF TAX.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5701 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating 
subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting 
after subsection (g) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CANNABIS PRODUCTS.—On cannabis products, 
manufactured in or imported into the United States, there 
shall be imposed a tax equal to 5 percent of the price for 
which sold.’’. 
(2) CANNABIS
PRODUCT
DEFINED.—Section 
5702 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(q) CANNABIS PRODUCT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the term ‘cannabis product’ means any 
cannabis or any article which contains cannabis or 
any derivative thereof. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘cannabis product’ 
shall not include any medicine or drug that is a pre-
scribed drug (as such term is defined in section 
213(d)(3)). 
‘‘(3) CANNABIS.—The term ‘cannabis’— 
‘‘(A) means all parts of the plant Cannabis 
sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds 
thereof; the resin extracted from any part of 
such plant; and 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; 
or 
‘‘(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 
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therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the steri-
lized seed of such plant which is incapable 
of germination.’’. 
(3) CANNABIS
PRODUCTS
TREATED
AS
TO-
BACCO PRODUCTS.—Section 5702(c) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘and roll-your-own tobacco’’ 
and inserting ‘‘roll-your-own tobacco, and cannabis 
products’’. 
(4) MANUFACTURER OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS 
TREATED AS MANUFACTURER OF TOBACCO PROD-
UCTS.—Section 5702 of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(r) MANUFACTURER OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any person who plants, 
cultivates, harvests, produces, manufactures, com-
pounds, converts, processes, prepares, or packages 
any cannabis product shall be treated as a manufac-
turer of cannabis products (and as manufacturing 
such cannabis product). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to any cannabis product which is 
for such person’s own personal consumption or use. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
OF
RULES
RELATED
TO 
MANUFACTURERS
OF
TOBACCO
PRODUCTS.—Any 
reference to a manufacturer of tobacco products, or 
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to manufacturing tobacco products, shall be treated 
as including a reference to a manufacturer of can-
nabis products, or to manufacturing cannabis prod-
ucts, respectively.’’. 
(5) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES FOR DE-
TERMINING PRICE.—Section 5702(l) of such Code is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 5701(a)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(2) and (h) of section 
5701’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘AND CANNABIS PROD-
UCTS’’ after ‘‘CIGARS’’ in the heading thereof. 
(6) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
5702(j) of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a 
cannabis product, the previous sentence shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘from a facility of a manufac-
turer required to file a bond under section 5711’ for 
‘from the factory or from internal revenue bond 
under section 5704’.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to articles manufactured or 
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imported in calendar quarters beginning more than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) TRUST FUND.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. 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: 
‘‘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 
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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— 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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: 
‘‘PART OO—COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT GRANT 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3052. 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 most 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; 
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‘‘(5) youth recreation or mentoring programs; 
and 
‘‘(6) health education programs. 
‘‘(b) SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT SERVICES.—The 
Community Reinvestment Grant Program established in 
subsection (a) shall provide eligible entities with funds to 
administer substance use treatment services for individ-
uals most adversely impacted by the War on Drugs. 
‘‘SEC. 3053. 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. 3054. 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 12(2) of the Marijuana Opportunity Rein-
vestment and Expungement Act of 2019). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘substance use treatment’ means 
an evidence-based, professionally directed, deliberate, 
and planned regimen including evaluation, observa-
tion, medical monitoring, harm reduction, and reha-
bilitative 
services 
and 
interventions 
such 
as 
pharmacotherapy, mental health services, and indi-
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vidual and group counseling, on an inpatient or out-
patient basis, to help patients with substance use 
disorder reach remission and maintain recovery. 
‘‘(3) 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 most adversely impacted by the War 
on Drugs in that community. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘individuals most adversely im-
pacted by the War on Drugs’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 5 of the Marijuana Opportunity 
Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019.’’. 
(b) CANNABIS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM; EQUITABLE 
LICENSING GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) CANNABIS
OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAM.—The 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall establish and carry out a program, to be known 
as the ‘‘Cannabis Opportunity Program’’ to provide 
any eligible State or locality funds to make loans 
under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 363(m)) to assist small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals, as defined in section 
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such concern is a cannabis-related legitimate busi-
ness or service provider.’’. 
(c) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—Section 29 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) SERVICES
FOR CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITI-
MATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—A wom-
en’s business center may not decline to provide services 
to an otherwise eligible small business concern under this 
section solely because such concern is a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(d) SCORE.—Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The head of the 
SCORE program established under this subparagraph 
may not decline to provide services to an otherwise eligible 
small business concern solely because such concern is a 
cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(e) VETERAN BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.—Sec-
tion 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) SERVICES
FOR CANNABIS-RELATED LEGITI-
MATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—A Vet-
eran Business Outreach Center may not decline to provide 
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services to an otherwise eligible small business concern 
under this section solely because such concern is a can-
nabis-related legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(f) 7(a) LOANS.—Section 7(a) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(36) LOANS
TO
CANNABIS-RELATED
LEGITI-
MATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The 
Administrator may not decline to provide a guar-
antee for a loan under this subsection to an other-
wise eligible small business concern solely because 
such concern is a cannabis-related legitimate busi-
ness or service provider.’’. 
(g) DISASTER LOANS.—Section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) ASSISTANCE TO CANNABIS-RELATED LE-
GITIMATE BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
The Administrator may not decline to provide assist-
ance under this subsection to an otherwise eligible 
borrower solely because such borrower is a cannabis- 
related legitimate business or service provider.’’. 
(h) MICROLOANS.—Section 7(m) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
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