PR #26752: Bump abseil-py dep and min Bazel version

Imported from GitHub PR #26752

This makes builds not fail with --incompatible_remove_old_python_version_api enabled, which will become the default in Bazel 0.25. Fixes #26616.

Copybara import of the project:

  - a3b9e5cde69beb5b1ceebe9a4a20c352bf320290 Bump abseil-py dep and min Bazel version by Jon Brandvein <brandjon@google.com>
  - d189be43b2bf4bcd229d4fe23bc95870a196ff79 Merge a3b9e5cde69beb5b1ceebe9a4a20c352bf320290 into 9ab5b... by Jon Brandvein <brandjon@google.com>

PiperOrigin-RevId: 240409003
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index f4f27c9..fd9364f 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@
   # environment variables.
   environ_cp = dict(os.environ)
 
-  current_bazel_version = check_bazel_version('0.19.0', '0.24.0')
+  current_bazel_version = check_bazel_version('0.22.0', '0.24.0')
   _TF_CURRENT_BAZEL_VERSION = convert_version_to_int(current_bazel_version)
 
   reset_tf_configure_bazelrc()