MORE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2019-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Adult education and literacy
Business records
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 or the MORE Act of 2019

 
This bill decriminalizes marijuana.
 
Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
 
The bill also makes other changes, including the following:
 
 
replaces statutory references to 
marijuana
 and 
marihuana
 with 
cannabis
, 
 
requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, 
 
establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, 
 
imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund, 
 
makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, 
 
prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, 
 
prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), and 
 
establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses. 
 

action_date: 2020-11-27
text: 

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 or the MORE Act of 2019

 
This bill decriminalizes marijuana.
 
Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
 
The bill also makes other changes, including the following:
 
 
replaces statutory references to 
marijuana
 and 
marihuana
 with 
cannabis
, 
 
requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, 
 
establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, 
 
imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund, 
 
makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, 
 
prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, 
 
prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), 
 
establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and
 
directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization. 
 

action_date: 2020-12-04
text: 

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 or the MORE Act of 2020

 
This bill decriminalizes marijuana.
 
Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
 
The bill also makes other changes, including the following:
 
 
replaces statutory references to 
marijuana
 and 
marihuana
 with 
cannabis
, 
 
requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, 
 
establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, 
 
imposes an excise tax on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States and an occupational tax on cannabis production facilities and export warehouses,
 
makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, 
 
prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, 
 
prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), 
 
establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and
 
directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 164 (Roll no. 235). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6819-6827)
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 164 (Roll no. 235).(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6819-6827)
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 174 - 218, 1 Present (Roll no. 234).
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6841-6842)
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lesko motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Lesko demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion to recommit until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lesko motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add language to the bill authorizing employers to test an employee or applicant for cannabis use.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Mrs. Lesko moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H6839)
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3884.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3884 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-67, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1244. (consideration: CR H6819-6840)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Rule H. Res. 1244 passed House.
action_date: 2020-12-02
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1244 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3884 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-67, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Small Business discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Small Business discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-604, Part I.
action_date: 2020-11-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-604, Part I.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-11-19
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: 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 Oversight 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.
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Introduced in House