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(1) any committee may conduct proceedings re-
motely in accordance with this section, and any such 
proceedings conducted remotely shall be considered as 
official proceedings for all purposes in the House; 
(2) committee members may participate remotely 
during in-person committee proceedings, and committees 
shall, to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the abil-
ity of members to participate remotely; 
(3) committee members may cast a vote or record 
their presence while participating remotely; 
(4) committee members participating remotely pur-
suant to this section shall be counted for the purpose of 
establishing a quorum under the rules of the House and 
the committee; 
(5) witnesses at committee proceedings may appear 
remotely; 
(6) committee proceedings conducted remotely are 
deemed to satisfy the requirement of a ‘‘place’’ for pur-
poses of clauses 2(g)(3) and 2(m)(1) of rule XI; and 
(7) reports of committees (including those filed as 
privileged) may be delivered to the Clerk in electronic 
form, and written and signed views under clause 2(l) of 
rule XI may be filed in electronic form with the clerk of 
the committee.
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(b) LIMITATION ON BUSINESS MEETINGS.—A committee 
shall not conduct a meeting remotely or permit remote par-
ticipation at a meeting under this section until a member of 
the committee submits for printing in the Congressional 
Record a letter from a majority of the members of the com-
mittee notifying the Speaker that the requirements for con-
ducting a meeting in the regulations referred to in subsection 
(h) have been met and that the committee is prepared to con-
duct a remote meeting and permit remote participation. 
(c) REMOTE PROCEEDINGS.—Notwithstanding any rule 
of the House or its committees, during proceedings conducted 
remotely pursuant to this section— 
(1) remote participation shall not be considered ab-
sence for purposes of clause 5(c) of rule X or clause 2(d) 
of rule XI; 
(2) the chair may declare a recess subject to the 
call of the chair at any time to address technical difficul-
ties with respect to such proceedings; 
(3) copies of motions, amendments, measures, or 
other documents submitted to the committee in elec-
tronic form as prescribed by the regulations referred to 
in subsection (h) shall satisfy any requirement for the 
submission of printed or written documents under the 
rules of the House or its committees;
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(4) the requirement that results of recorded votes 
be made available by the committee in its offices pursu-
ant to clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i) of rule XI shall not apply; 
(5) a committee may manage the consideration of 
amendments pursuant to the regulations referred to in 
subsection (h); 
(6) counsel shall be permitted to accompany wit-
nesses at a remote proceeding in accordance with the 
regulations referred to in subsection (h); and 
(7) an oath may be administered to a witness re-
motely for purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI. 
(d) REMOTE PARTICIPANTS DURING IN-PERSON PRO-
CEEDINGS.—All relevant provisions of this section and the 
regulations referred to in subsection (h) shall apply to com-
mittee members participating remotely during in-person com-
mittee proceedings held during any covered period. 
(e) TRANSPARENCY FOR MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.— 
Any committee meeting or hearing that is conducted remotely 
in accordance with the regulations referred to in subsection 
(h)— 
(1) shall be considered open to the public; 
(2) shall be deemed to have satisfied the require-
ment for non-participatory attendance under clause 
2(g)(2)(C) of rule XI; and
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(3) shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements for 
broadcasting and audio and visual coverage under rule 
V, clause 4 of rule XI, and accompanying committee 
rules. 
(f) SUBPOENAS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Any committee or chair thereof 
empowered to authorize and issue subpoenas may au-
thorize and issue subpoenas for return at a hearing or 
deposition to be conducted remotely under this section. 
(2) USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL.— 
During any covered period, authorized and issued sub-
poenas may be signed in electronic form; and the Clerk 
may attest and affix the seal of the House to such sub-
poenas in electronic form. 
(g) EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—A committee may not conduct 
closed or executive session proceedings remotely, and 
members may not participate remotely in closed or exec-
utive session proceedings. 
(2) MOTION TO CLOSE PROCEEDINGS.—Upon adop-
tion of a motion to close proceedings or to move into ex-
ecutive session with respect to a proceeding conducted 
remotely under this section, the chair shall declare the 
committee in recess subject to the call of the chair with 
respect to such matter until it can reconvene in person.
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(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not 
apply to proceedings of the Committee on Ethics. 
(h) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be carried out in 
accordance with regulations submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on 
Rules. 
(i) APPLICATION
TO
SUBCOMMITTEES
AND
SELECT 
COMMITTEES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘com-
mittee’’ or ‘‘committees’’ also includes a subcommittee and a 
select committee. 
SEC. 5. STUDY AND CERTIFICATION OF FEASIBILITY OF RE-
MOTE VOTING IN HOUSE. 
(a) STUDY AND CERTIFICATION.—The chair of the Com-
mittee on House Administration, in consultation with the 
ranking minority member, shall study the feasibility of using 
technology to conduct remote voting in the House, and shall 
provide certification to the House upon a determination that 
operable and secure technology exists to conduct remote vot-
ing in the House. 
(b) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) INITIAL REGULATIONS.—On any legislative day 
that follows the date on which the chair of the Com-
mittee on House Administration provides the certifi-
cation described in subsection (a), the chair of the Com-
mittee on Rules, in consultation with the ranking minor-