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committees, does not apply to the council.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4067/text/eh#H70DC3FDFF2174E1E87467641DA0DB478"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4067/text/eh#H70DC3FDFF2174E1E87467641DA0DB478"},"heading":"Council on communications security, reliability, and interoperability","effect":"Excludes companies, public interest organizations and academic institutions that the Chair determines to be \"not trusted\" from council membership, and provides that the Federal Advisory Committee Act termination provision does not apply to the council.","amount":null,"quote":"Representatives of companies in the communications industry, except companies that are determined by the Chair to be not trusted."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in 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H.R. 4067, 117th Congress: Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Act. House: 397 Yea, 29 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Oct 2021."}}