I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10248 
To create a process for the expungement of pardoned Federal offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 22, 2024 
Mr. ARMSTRONG (for himself, Mr. TRONE, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. MOORE 
of Alabama, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create a process for the expungement of pardoned Federal 
offenses. 
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 ‘‘Weldon Angelos Presi-
dential Pardon Expungements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Weldon Angelos was sentenced to 55 years 
in Federal prison for nonviolent marijuana offenses, 
including possession of a firearm during a drug traf-
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ficking crime, at the age of 24, despite having no 
prior criminal record, and the sentence was widely 
criticized as excessive. 
(2) Mr. Angelos was granted clemency by Presi-
dent Barack Obama after serving 13 years in prison, 
and fully pardoned subsequently by President Don-
ald Trump, but he continues to face the lasting con-
sequences of his conviction in the form of employ-
ment opportunities due to his criminal record. 
(3) Many individuals who have been fully par-
doned face similar barriers to reentry into society, 
hindering their ability to fully participate in their 
communities and lead productive lives. 
(4) The expungement of criminal records can 
help pardoned individuals who have paid their debt 
to society and received a full pardon for their of-
fenses move forward and contribute to society in 
meaningful ways, as well as reduce the negative im-
pact of a criminal record on their families and com-
munities. 
(5) Federal legislation granting pardoned crimi-
nal offenders the right to have their records ex-
punged would provide a second chance for individ-
uals like Mr. Angelos and help to address the inequi-
ties and injustices within the criminal justice system. 
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(6) This legislation would promote rehabilita-
tion, reduce recidivism, and benefit society as a 
whole by removing unnecessary barriers to reentry 
and enabling individuals to fully reintegrate into 
their communities. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘criminal justice agency’’ means— 
(A) a Federal or State court; 
(B) a governmental agency or any subunit 
thereof that— 
(i) performs the administration of 
criminal justice pursuant to a statute or 
executive order, and allocates a substantial 
part of its annual budget to the adminis-
tration of criminal justice; 
(ii) is designated by Congress, the 
President, the Attorney General of the 
United States, the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, or other appropriate Federal 
official, to perform centralized record-
keeping functions for official records, in-
cluding the collection, storage, mainte-
nance, updating, and dissemination of such 
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