117th Congress (2021–2023) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
This page covers HR3617 in the 117th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR3617 in another Congress is a different bill. Other bills numbered HR3617 are listed below.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 2 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2022-04-01: Passed |
| Latest action | 2022-04-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| Policy area | Crime and Law Enforcement |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
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 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, directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of state legalization of recreational cannabis, directs the National Highway Traffic Safety…
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
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-01 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 148 | 145 | 2 | Official tally |
| 2022-04-01 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 144 | 149 | 2 | Official tally |
HR3617 in the 119th Congress (2025–2027): Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
HR3617 (MORE Act) was introduced in the 117th Congress (2021–2023) by Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10].
On 2022-04-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2 recorded votes in the 117th Congress. The most recent, on 2022-04-01, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.
No. Bill numbers restart each Congress. HR3617 was also used in the 119th Congress for different legislation.