Congress 116 - HR 3884 - MORE Act of 2020

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Adult education and literacy Business records Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime and Law Enforcement 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

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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.

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Dec 7, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 4, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 4, 2020

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)
Dec 4, 2020

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)
Dec 4, 2020

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 174 - 218, 1 Present (Roll no. 234).
Dec 4, 2020

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6841-6842)
Dec 4, 2020

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.
Dec 4, 2020

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
Dec 4, 2020

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.
Dec 4, 2020

Mrs. Lesko moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H6839)
Dec 4, 2020

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Dec 4, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3884.
Dec 4, 2020

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.
Dec 4, 2020

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1244. (consideration: CR H6819-6840)
Dec 3, 2020

Rule H. Res. 1244 passed House.
Dec 2, 2020

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.
Nov 27, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Small Business discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Nov 27, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-604, Part I.
Nov 21, 2019

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Nov 21, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 19, 2019

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Aug 12, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Aug 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jul 24, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 23, 2019

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.
Jul 23, 2019

Introduced in House

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