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A revised House provision to force the sale of TikTok includes a key change that makes it likelier to clear the Senate and become law.
What's inside: The legislation provides an additional 180-day delay at the discretion of the president for Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok, a Senate staffer familiar with the discussions told Axios.
- The original bill introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi gave ByteDance six months.
Why it matters: Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell had been pushing for the change.
- Her sign-off is essential to get the measure through the upper chamber and to the desk of President Biden, who has signaled he would support a TikTok divestiture bill.
State of play: The House is moving fast on the legislation.
- House members on Saturday will vote and likely pass a foreign aid package containing the TikTok language.
