(CNN) — Months after it was first introduced, a bill directing the Department of Justice to publicly release all its Jeffrey Epstein-related files passed the House on Tuesday.

Although the measure passed with near-unanimous support, it still has to pass a few hurdles before it becomes law and files are ultimately released.

Here’s what could be next for the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The bill’s possible path in the Senate

The legislation now moves to the Republican-led Senate, where its once-uncertain path now seems clearer.

Senate Republican leader John Thune said he expects his chamber to take the measure up “fairly quickly” – perhaps even later Tuesday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he would move to pass the bill by unanimous consent later Tuesday, and Thune a

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