Speaker Mike Johnson late on Wednesday unveiled a modified version of the previously House-passed legislation targeting TikTok that would give Chinese owner ByteDance up to a year to divest the app, an increase from the six months given in the earlier version.
The bill, the fourth part of a package of measures released Wednesday that would also provide $95.3 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific partners, would allow TikTok owner ByteDance 270 days from the date of enactment to divest the app. The measure would also give the president the flexibility to offer a one-time extension of 90 days, bringing the total time available for ByteDance to nearly a year.
The previous version, which the House passed March 13 in a 352-65 vote, gave the Chinese company 180 days to divest the app or see it banned from the U.S. market. The additional time for divestiture before the app would face a ban in the United States may garner broader support in the Senate.
