Congress 116 - HR 2843 - Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act

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Child safety and welfare Crime and Law Enforcement 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

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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.

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Jun 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 10, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jun 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
May 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
May 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 2019

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.
May 20, 2019

Introduced in House

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