HR 623 Passed as Amended in Senate

Yesterday the Senate passed HR 623, Social Media Working Group Act of 2015, accepting the amended version reported by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. As expected it was passed near the close of yesterday’s session under the Senate unanimous consent process with no debate and no vote.

The House will now have the choice of accepting the version that the Senate passed or to request a Conference Committee to work out the details. I suspect that the House will accede to the Senate version.