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Act to Legalize Cannabis and Expunge Criminal Records and Convictions
Nickname: Legal Cannabis Act
Sponsor: Rep. Jamal Patrick [L-SC-07], Theodore Vohoffsky [R-CA-45]
Overview: The following bill seeks to legalize cannabis for medical and recreational purposes alike in the entirety of the United States of America as well as to declare amnesty for all non-violent drug offenders, release those sentenced for non-violent drug offences from prisons and to clear their criminal records.
SECTION 1 - REPEAL(a) Any use of the words "marijuana" or "cannabis" or any variants thereof in federal legislation enacted before the passage of the following legislation shall be omitted.
(b) Cannabis shall be removed from the Controlled Substances Act, in particular.
SECTION 2 - CONVENTION ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCESUsing the authority vested in the United States Congress, the House of Representatives begins the process of withdrawing from the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, originally ratified in 1971, declaring it null and void and calling on the Senate and President of the United States to take action to withdraw from the aforementioned Convention to avoid any legal conflicts.
SECTION 3 - DECLARATIONDeclares cannabis legal, for both medical and recreational purposes, in the entirety of the United States including unincorporated territories under United States jusrisdiction.
SECTION 4 - REGULATION(a) Any person who posses, sells, distributes, handles, or cultivates marijuana, cannabis, or any variants thereof without a permit from the Commissioner on Food and Drugs, henceforth referred to as a "3.1 permit", shall be guilty of an offense under this section.
(b) The Commissioner on Food and Drugs must issue a 3.1 permit to any person that has attained twenty-one years of age and who has never been found guilty of any federal or state felony.
(c) The Commissioner on Food and Drugs shall not issue a 3.1 permit to any person that has not attained twenty-one years of age, or any person who has been found guilty of any federal or state felony or misdemeanor within 10 years prior excepting any federal or state felony relating to the possession or sale of marijuana, cannabis, or any variant thereof, excepting such cases involving another controlled substance.
(d) The Commissioner on Food and Drugs may regulate the quantity of certain chemicals prescribed by him that may be used in the cultivation of cannabis, marijuana, or any variants thereof, and any person who breaches such regulations shall be guilty of an offense under this section.
(d) The Commissioner on Food and Drugs shall not use section (d) as means to fully prohibit or attempt to fully prohibit the possession, sale, distribution, handling, or cultivation of cannabis, marijuana, or any variants thereof.
(e) Any person who operates a vehicle whilst under the influence of cannabis, marijuana, or any variants thereof shall be guilty of an offense under this section.
SECTION 5 - PENALTIES(a) Any person who is guilty of an offense under section 4 shall be imprisoned not more than 2 years, fined under Title 18 of the US Code, or both; or, if such person has one prior state or federal felony or misdemeanor conviction excepting any federal or state felony relating to the possession or sale of marijuana, cannabis, or any variant thereof, excepting such cases involving another controlled substance, shall be imprisoned not more than 7 years, fined under title 18 of the US Code, or both; or, if such person has two or more prior state or federal felony or misdemeanor convictions excepting any federal or state felony relating to the possession or sale of marijuana, cannabis, or any variant thereof, excepting such cases involving another controlled substance, shall be imprisoned not more than 14 years, fined under title 18 of the US Code, or both.
(b) Any person who whilst guilty of an offense under section 4 causes the death of another in the process of committing such offense shall be imprisoned for not more than life, fined under title 18 of the US Code, or both.
SECTION 5 - EXPUNGEMENT(a) Expungement Of Non-Violent Federal Cannabis Offense Convictions For Individuals Not Under A Criminal Justice Sentence.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal district shall conduct a comprehensive review and issue an order expunging each conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency for a non-violent Federal cannabis offense entered by each Federal court in the district before the date of enactment of this Act and on or after May 1, 1971. Each Federal court shall also issue an order expunging any arrests associated with each expunged conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency.
(2) NOTIFICATION.—To the extent practicable, each Federal district shall notify each individual whose arrest, conviction, or adjudication of delinquency has been expunged pursuant to this subsection that their arrest, conviction, or adjudication of juvenile delinquency has been expunged, and the effect of such expungement.
(3) RIGHT TO PETITION COURT FOR EXPUNGEMENT.—At any point after the date of enactment of this Act, any individual with a prior conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency for a non-violent Federal cannabis offense, who is not under a criminal justice sentence, may file a motion for expungement. If the expungement of such a conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency is required pursuant to this Act, the court shall expunge the conviction or adjudication, and any associated arrests. If the individual is indigent, counsel shall be appointed to represent the individual in any proceedings under this subsection.
(4) SEALED RECORD.—The court shall seal all records related to a conviction or adjudication of juvenile delinquency that has been expunged under this subsection. Such records may only be made available by further order of the court.
Section 6 - PROHIBITIONS(a) Prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of non-violent cannabis-related conduct or convictions,
(b) Prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction)
SECTION 7 - BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSThe following piece of legislation requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees,
SECTION 8 - FEDERAL HIRING STANDARDSFederal agencies shall not make regulations prohibiting hiring on the basis of cannabis usage, excepting a long record of cannabis-related abuses and incidents.This bill is then honorably presented to the House of Representatives for consideration in order to legalize and regulate the use of cannabis as well as to expunge non-violent cannabis-related convictions to improve the United States Law and is backed by Jamal Patrick and Theodore Vohoffsky on ________ __, ____.
Do Not Remove: 1337
Santiago will co-sponsor. (D-FL-27)