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Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
Commentary
Reports suggest that Speaker Pelosi may bring the ACES bill
to the floor of the House of Representatives during the week of
June 22. This implies that none of the eight committees to which
the bill was referred will hold a public mark-up, but rather that
the Democrats are working behind closed doors to reach agreement on
a procedural method (perhaps a new version of the legislation or an
amendment) that would add new matters from the various other
Committees with shared or additional jurisdiction on the issues and
address at least some of the remaining concerns of Members and
stakeholders. A new version would also allow for the inevitable
"technical" corrections. Something to watch for: a
possible enhanced role for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
