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“On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.”
This amendment replaces the original version of the bill with a revised version recommended by the House Judiciary Committee. It acts as a 'master update' that incorporates the committee's legal refinements before the House takes its final vote on the bill.
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“On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.”
This amendment replaces the original version of the bill with a revised version recommended by the House Judiciary Committee. It acts as a 'master update' that incorporates the committee's legal refinements before the House takes its final vote on the bill.
When a committee 'substitutes' a bill, they often clean up legal language or narrow the scope to make it more likely to pass or easier to enforce. This specific update established the exact legal rules for how non-citizens would be deported for fraud crimes.
This primarily affects non-citizens who have been convicted of or admitted to fraud-related crimes, as the specific legal definitions for those crimes were finalized in this version.