House Moves to Bundle TikTok Bill With Foreign Aid

The House made another attempt Wednesday to help advance legislation that would require the sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner or ban the app in the U.S., reports The New York Times.

Speaker Mike Johnson said that he intends to package the modified version of a stand-alone TikTok bill passed by the House last month, with foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

The TikTok legislation would still require ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell the app to owners that resolved national security concerns, but now includes an option to extend the deadline for a sale from the original six month to nine months, according to text of the legislation released by House leadership. 

The president could extend the deadline by another 90 days if progress toward a sale was being made, according to the report. 

House lawmakers are expected to vote Saturday on the legislative package. If passed, the measures will be sent as a single bill to the Senate, which could vote soon after. President Biden has said he would sign the TikTok legislation into law. Full Story