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UPDATE 3/28: Following a roll call to limit debate on the measure (cloture), the Senate voted 68-28 to send its version (text from S1260) of this bill back to the House. Next, the House will reject this bill. This was the process needed to set up a cross-chamber conference committee to settle on the final language for the bill (reconciliation of the two bills).
UPDATE 3/24: As we have reported for nearly two months, the America COMPETES Act text will be swapped with the language from the Senate version (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, or USICA). This should occur on March 28. USICA does not contain the Lacey Act amendments of concern. The bill will then be sent back to the House. Following this action, a committee of Senators and Representatives will form to reconcile the two bills. We must keep voicing opposition to keep the Lacey Act amendments from making it back into this bill.
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