Federal cannabis offense, who is not under a criminal 
justice sentence, may file a motion for expungement. 
If the expungement of such a conviction or adjudica-
tion of juvenile delinquency is required pursuant to 
this Act, the court shall expunge the conviction or ad-
judication, and any associated arrests. If the indi-
vidual is indigent, counsel shall be appointed to rep-
resent the individual in any proceedings under this 
subsection. 
(4) SEALED RECORD.—The court shall seal all 
records related to a conviction or adjudication of ju-
venile delinquency that has been expunged under this 
subsection. Such records may only be made available 
by further order of the court. 
(b) SENTENCING REVIEW FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER A 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SENTENCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any individual who is 
under a criminal justice sentence for a Federal can-
nabis offense, the court that imposed the sentence 
shall, on motion of the individual, the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the Government, 
or the court, conduct a sentencing review hearing. If 
the individual is indigent, counsel shall be appointed 
to represent the individual in any sentencing review 
proceedings under this subsection. 
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(2) POTENTIAL REDUCED RESENTENCING.—After 
a sentencing hearing under paragraph (1), a court 
shall— 
(A) expunge each conviction or adjudication 
of juvenile delinquency for a Federal cannabis 
offense entered by the court before the date of en-
actment of this Act, and any associated arrest; 
(B) vacate the existing sentence or disposi-
tion of juvenile delinquency and, if applicable, 
impose any remaining sentence or disposition of 
juvenile delinquency on the individual as if this 
Act, and the amendments made by this Act, were 
in effect at the time the offense was committed; 
and 
(C) order that all records related to a con-
viction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency 
that has been expunged or a sentence or disposi-
tion of juvenile delinquency that has been va-
cated under this Act be sealed and only be made 
available by further order of the court. 
(c) EFFECT OF EXPUNGEMENT.—An individual who 
has had an arrest, a conviction, or juvenile delinquency ad-
judication expunged under this section— 
(1) may treat the arrest, conviction, or adjudica-
tion as if it never occurred; and 
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(2) shall be immune from any civil or criminal 
penalties related to perjury, false swearing, or false 
statements, for a failure to disclose such arrest, con-
viction, or adjudication. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Federal cannabis offense’’ means 
an offense that is no longer punishable pursuant to 
this Act or the amendments made under this Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘expunge’’ means, with respect to 
an arrest, a conviction, or a juvenile delinquency ad-
judication, the removal of the record of such arrest, 
conviction, or adjudication from each official index or 
public record. 
(3) The term ‘‘under a criminal justice sentence’’ 
means, with respect to an individual, that the indi-
vidual is serving a term of probation, parole, super-
vised release, imprisonment, official detention, pre-re-
lease custody, or work release, pursuant to a sentence 
or disposition of juvenile delinquency imposed on or 
after the effective date of the Controlled Substances 
Act (May 1, 1971). 
(e) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States, in consultation with the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, shall conduct a demographic study of individuals 
convicted of a Federal cannabis offense. Such study shall 
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include information about the age, race, ethnicity, sex, and 
gender identity of those individuals, the type of community 
such users dwell in, and such other demographic informa-
tion as the Comptroller General determines should be in-
cluded. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report to Congress the results of the 
study conducted under subsection (e). 
SEC. 11. REFERENCES IN EXISTING LAW TO MARIJUANA OR 
MARIHUANA. 
Wherever, in the statutes of the United States or in 
the rulings, regulations, or interpretations of various ad-
ministrative bureaus and agencies of the United States— 
(1) there appears or may appear the term ‘‘mar-
ihuana’’ or ‘‘marijuana’’, that term shall be struck 
and the term ‘‘cannabis’’ shall be inserted; and 
(2) there appears or may appear the term ‘‘Mar-
ihuana’’ or ‘‘Marijuana’’, that term shall be struck 
and the term ‘‘Cannabis’’ shall be inserted. 
SEC. 12. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or an amendment made 
by this Act, or any application of such provision to any 
person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the 
remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, 
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and the application of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act to any other person or circumstance shall not 
be affected. 
SEC. 13. CANNABIS OFFENSE DEFINED. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘cannabis offense’’ 
means a criminal offense related to cannabis— 
(1) that, under Federal law, is no longer punish-
able pursuant to this Act or the amendments made 
under this Act; or 
(2) that, under State law, is no longer an offense 
or that was designated a lesser offense or for which 
the penalty was reduced under State law pursuant to 
or following the adoption of a State law authorizing 
the sale or use of cannabis. 
SEC. 14. RULEMAKING. 
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, and the 
Small Business Administration shall issue or amend any 
rules, standard operating procedures, and other legal or pol-
icy guidance necessary to carry out implementation of this 
Act. After the 1-year period, any publicly issued sub-regu-
latory guidance, including any compliance guides, manu-
als, advisories and notices, may not be issued without 60- 
day notice to appropriate congressional committees. Notice 
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shall include a description and justification for additional 
guidance. 
SEC. 15. SOCIETAL IMPACT OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION 
STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, provide to Congress a study that addresses the societal 
impact of the legalization of recreational cannabis by 
States, including— 
(1) sick days reported to employers; 
(2) workers compensations claims; 
(3) tax revenue remitted to States resulting from 
legal marijuana sales; 
(4) changes in government spending related to 
enforcement actions and court proceedings; 
(5) Federal welfare assistance applications; 
(6) rate of arrests related to methamphetamine 
possession; 
(7) hospitalization rates related to methamphet-
amine and narcotics use; 
(8) uses of marijuana and its byproducts for 
medical purposes; 
(9) arrest rates of individuals driving under the 
influence or driving while intoxicated by marijuana; 
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(10) traffic-related deaths and injuries where the 
driver is impaired by marijuana; 
(11) arrest of minors for marijuana-related 
charges; 
(12) violent crime rates; 
(13) school suspensions, expulsions, and law en-
forcement referrals that are marijuana-related; 
(14) high school dropout rates; 
(15) changes in district-wide and State-wide 
standardized test scores; 
(16) marijuana-related hospital admissions and 
poison control calls; 
(17) marijuana-related juvenile admittances into 
substance rehabilitation facilities and mental health 
clinics; 
(18) diversion of marijuana into neighboring 
States and drug seizures in neighboring States; 
(19) marijuana plants grown on public lands in 
contravention to Federal and State laws; and 
(20) court filings under a State’s organized 
crime statutes. 
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Union Calendar No. 497 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3884 
[Report No. 116–604, Part I] 
A BILL 
To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to pro-
vide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely 
impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for 
expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment 
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Edu-
cation and Labor, Ways and Means, Small Business, 
Natural Resources, and Oversight and Reform dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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