Can you indulge me just for a moment, Mr. Chair, to provide some clarity to the committee?
As I mentioned earlier, our intention today is to ask for unanimous consent in the House to report this bill back to the House as of today. That would allow debate on this bill to begin on Thursday, with any luck. If the debate collapses on this one Thursday, we can vote on this bill on Thursday and send it directly to the Senate.
If we do not receive unanimous consent to report this bill back to the House today, the consequence will be that this bill will not come into effect until, at the earliest, sometime next year--probably in February.