MORE Act

Bill: 118-hr-5601
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2023-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Census and government statistics
Child health
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
School administration
Small business
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: 

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or the MORE 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 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 an event (e.g., conduct or conviction) relating to possession or use of cannabis that is no longer prohibited under the bill, 
 
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: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Small Business, Natural Resources, Oversight and Accountability, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Introduced in House