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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8917 (Introduced in House) — To amend Federal law to create an expungement mechanism and a process to petition for expungement for low-level viola... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Pardon referral

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After issuing an order of expungement under subsection
(b)or subsection (c), upon a finding of good cause, the court may refer the case or petition to the President of the United States and his or her designees (including the Pardon Attorney of the United States, notwithstanding 28 CFR part 1 (Executive Clemency)), for review consistent with the authority granted to the President under article II, section 2 of the Constitution of the United States.
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