3.0.0 8980 2023-01-11T13:43:58Z 2023-01-11T13:43:58Z House HR 2020-12-16 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HALL:H.R. 8980.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I of the United States Constitutionand its subsequent amendments, and further clarified andinterpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.[Page H7228]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-12-16T17:01:10Z 2020-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-12-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7225) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2020-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001092 Rep. Hall, Kwanza [D-GA-5] Kwanza Hall D GA 5 N Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-12-16 Introduced in House 2021-02-11T19:32:21Z Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020

This bill establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings for federal nonviolent offenses related to cannabis, cocaine, or crack. Further, the bill requires a state, in order to be eligible for Department of Justice grants, to have a substantially similar resentencing and expungement program for nonviolent offenses under state law.

]]> Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020 Display Title Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To provide for the resentencing and expungement of nonviolent offenses for individuals adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8980ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8980ih.xml 2020-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.