{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3617","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3617","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"MORE Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"MORE Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"MORE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"MORE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"MORE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"MORE Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-05-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-01","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h107","question":"On Passage","title":"MORE Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":204,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll107.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","date":"2022-04-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 188","sponsor":"Rep. 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on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States, set at 5 percent of the removal price for the first two calendar years and rising to 8 percent, then a per-ounce or per-gram amount, and imposes a $1,000 yearly occupational tax on producers and export warehouse proprietors.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HBC56D8255B59493CBECF4F232790E911"}},{"text":"Creates a Cannabis Justice Office within the Office of Justice Programs to run a Community Reinvestment Grant Program, and directs the Small Business Administration to run the Cannabis Restorative Opportunity Program and the Equitable Licensing Grant Program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H3984635D86E74EFE99A7DD8219898DE7"}},{"text":"Requires each Federal district to issue orders expunging non-violent Federal cannabis offense convictions within 1 year of enactment, and requires sentencing review hearings for individuals still under a criminal justice sentence for such offenses.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 10","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H554408A1EB5D4487AC38D96278CCB469"}},{"text":"Bars denial of a Federal public benefit based on cannabis use, possession, or a cannabis offense conviction, and bars use of cannabis use as a criterion for granting, denying, or rescinding a security clearance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#H549C701896EE43D1AAB6FADA5268C9C6"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617/text/eh#HFA925DF4770C4EC28E45C101BBFF7F71"},"heading":"Demographic data of cannabis business owners and employees","effect":"Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly compile and publish demographic data on owners and employees in the 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H.R. 3617, 117th Congress: MORE Act. House: 220 Yea, 204 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Apr 2022."}}