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Given that it would take effect during the 115th Congress is passed, the training would be required to be completed within 180 days of the House’s 2018 session beginning.

As a simple resolution that changes the internal rules of the House of Representatives, this bill wouldn’t advance to the Senate if passed by the House.

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