Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 1:00pm Cisco Webex View Announcement »
H.R. 3884 - Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020]
Video
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 116-67 PDF XML
Showing the text of H.R. 3884, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, with modifications.
(as reported)
H. Rept. 116-604, Part 1 PDF
Report from the Committee on the Judiciary to accompany H.R. 3884
Comparative Print PDF
Comparing the base document H.R. 3884, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, with the Rules Committee Print 116-67.
Hearing Documents
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1244:
Agreed to by record vote of 225-160, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 225-160, on Thursday, December 3, 2020.
MANAGERS: McGovern/Woodall
1. Closed rule.
2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. 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 and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Clarifies that the section of the bill waiving licensing fees shall pertain to all licensing fees including state and local fees, in addition to outside permits necessary for those state and local licenses. The amendment also requires a study to be conducted 18 months after the enactment of this legislation that would examine which types of license fees are being waived. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Bishop, Dan (NC) | Republican | Requires the Department of Transportation to develop best practices to test and recognize drivers impaired by Marijuana. No other provision in this Act will be enacted until these best practices are publicly published. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | Strikes the creation of the Opportunity Trust Fund and the Cannabis Justice Office; strikes the demographic data collection requirement for cannabis business owners and employees; and strikes the creation of the Community Reinvestment Grant Program. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Amash (MI) | Independent | Removes provisions that increase federal involvement and interference in the cannabis industry and in cannabis regulation and taxation. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 2 | Nadler (NY) | Democrat | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Revised Ensures that the Department of Transportation and the Coast Guard may continue to issue regulations and test for the unauthorized presence of or illegal use of marijuana by certain transportation employees in sensitive-safety positions, emphasizes that expungement of marijuana offenses is limited to non-violent marijuana offenders, bars leaders and organizers (“kingpins”) convicted of Federal marijuana offenses from obtaining expungement of those offenses, and provides that the study to be conducted by the Comptroller General include the use of marijuana for purposes relating to the health, including mental health, of veterans. | Considered as Adopted |