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(text: CR H7922)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7181.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7922-7926)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Committee on Transportation discharged.","type":"Discharge","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Committee on Transportation discharged.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-477, Part I.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2022-09-19","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. 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