IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 968 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit remote 
voting and voting by voice and to require a recorded vote on any question 
put before the House, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia (for herself, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mrs. MILLER 
of Illinois, and Mr. BIGGS) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
prohibit remote voting and voting by voice and to require 
a recorded vote on any question put before the House, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional 
Voting Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO VOTING AND 
GENERAL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST PROXY VOTING.—Section 
3(s) of House Resolution 8 (relating to remote voting by 
proxy and remote committee activity) is repealed. 
(b) RECORDED VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY QUES-
TION BEFORE THE HOUSE.—Rule XXIX of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘5. Notwithstanding any other rule of the Rules of 
the House, a recorded vote conducted pursuant to the vot-
ing procedures under rule XX shall be considered as or-
dered on any question put before the House. The Speaker 
may not entertain a request for the suspension of this rule 
by unanimous consent or otherwise.’’. 
(c) QUESTIONS PUT BY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Clause 6 of rule I of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘6. The Speaker shall put a question in the form of 
a vote by the yeas and nays pursuant to the voting proce-
dures described under rule XX.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 1(a) of 
rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking ‘‘by voice’’. 
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(d) 
PROHIBITING
MEMBERS
FROM
VOTING 
‘‘PRESENT’’ ON QUESTIONS ON WHICH RECORD VOTE IS 
TAKEN.—Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘Requiring voting in affirmative or negative 
‘‘12. On any question on which a record vote is taken 
in the House, including the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union, or in any committee of 
the House, a Member may vote only in the affirmative or 
the negative and may not vote ‘present’ except during a 
quorum call.’’. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO VOTING IN 
THE HOUSE.— 
(1) VOTE
BY
THE
YEAS
AND
NAYS
RE-
QUIRED.—Clause 10 of rule XX of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘10. A recorded vote shall be considered as ordered 
whenever the Speaker puts the question on passage of a 
bill or joint resolution, on adoption of an amendment 
thereto, making general appropriations, on final adoption 
of a concurrent resolution on the budget, or on adoption 
of a conference report or Senate amendment. The Speaker 
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may not entertain a request for the suspension of this 
clause by unanimous consent or otherwise.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 1(b) of 
rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking ‘‘If a Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner requests a recorded 
vote, and that request is supported by at least one- 
fifth of a quorum, the vote’’ and inserting ‘‘A re-
corded vote under this rule’’. 
(f) QUORUM AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE 
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF 
THE UNION.— 
(1) 
REQUIREMENTS
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
QUORUM.—Clause 6(b)(1) of rule XVIII is amended 
by striking ‘‘may refuse’’ and inserting ‘‘may not 
refuse’’. 
(2) RECORDED VOTE REQUIRED.—Clause 6(e) 
of rule XVIII is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) In the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union, a recorded vote shall be considered 
as ordered whenever the Chair puts the question on pas-
sage of a bill or joint resolution, on adoption of an amend-
ment thereto, making general appropriations, on final 
adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget, or on 
adoption of a conference report or Senate amendment. A 
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recorded vote taken in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union under this paragraph shall be 
considered a vote by the yeas and nays.’’. 
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