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<dc:title>118 HR 4958 IH: Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2023-07-27</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4958</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20230727">July 27, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="I000058">Mr. Ivey</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="M001224">Mr. Moran</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="J000294">Mr. Jeffries</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="L000597">Ms. Lee of Florida</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001205">Ms. Scanlon</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="A000377">Mr. Armstrong</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="D000631">Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="M001212">Mr. Moore of Alabama</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge records of disposition after successful completion of court-imposed probation.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H26A5BA587DEC41699086686C8ED90544" style="OLC"> 
<section section-type="section-one" id="H55A2951D66134256B4739FDC94022E4D"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HEFF4CC1090324B839AE5F92849D2481C"><enum>2.</enum><header>Eliminating age requirement for expungement of certain records of disposition for simple possession of controlled substances by nonviolent offenders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3607(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and the person was less than twenty-one years old at the time of the offense,</quote>.</text></section> 
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