Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act

Bill: 116-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Minority employment
Research administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Transportation safety and security
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: 

Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
 
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 imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. 
Additionally, the bill does the following:
 
establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, 
 
 requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, 
 
authorizes federal restrictions on the marketing of marijuana-related products, and 
 
authorizes grants for state and local governments to expunge or seal convictions for marijuana possession. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Introduced in House