AIR FORCE ONE, March 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden

wants the U.S. Senate to take swift action on legislation

already passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would

give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest

the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, White

House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on

Wednesday.

Jean-Pierre said the White House would provide the Senate,

controlled by Democrats, technical assistance related to any

potential changes to the legislation.