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TITLE III—MODERNIZING AND 
REVITALIZING TECHNOLOGY 
SEC. 301. REFORMING HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on House Administration on the operations of the 
Office of House Information Resources. Such report shall 
include— 
(1) a roadmap for addressing the root causes of 
HIR’s systemic inability to deliver enterprise pro-
grams and information technology services in a time-
ly manner that satisfies the needs of Member offices; 
(2) recommendations to improve the quality of 
HIR services, such as web design and information 
technology support; 
(3) recommendations for changes to HIR’s mis-
sion to better align it with the needs of Member of-
fices; and 
(4) methods to reduce duplicative spending on 
information technology services. 
(b) CONDUCTING OUTSIDE REVIEW.—The Com-
mittee on House Administration may direct the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer to enter into a contract with an out-
side entity to provide the Committee with an independent 
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review of the operations of HIR and to provide inde-
pendent recommendations to the Committee regarding 
strategies and steps for reforming HIR’s operations. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations or take any other steps 
as may be required to address the report submitted by 
the Chief Administrative Officer under subsection (a) and, 
if applicable, the recommendations provided by an outside 
entity pursuant to the contract entered into under sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 302. PROVIDING TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE CON-
STITUENT ENGAGEMENT. 
The Committee on House Administration may issue 
regulations or take any other steps as may be required 
to ensure that Member offices have the necessary tech-
nology and software to improve the efficiency and oper-
ation of Member offices and to improve constituent en-
gagement, including, as soon as practicable after the date 
of the adoption of this resolution, the implementation of 
the following: 
(1) The ability of individuals to use mobile de-
vices and computers of the House to initiate and re-
ceive video calls, including through the use of Voice 
Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications. 
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(2) The ability of Members to sign legislation, 
correspondence, and constituent consent forms using 
electronic signatures, in accordance with guidance 
developed in coordination with the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) The ability of individuals to set up a virtual 
private network to connect to the network of the 
House on any mobile device or computer of the 
House, in accordance with security guidelines estab-
lished by the Chief Administrative Officer. 
(4) The ability of the constituents of a Member 
to upload requests for casework directly to the Mem-
ber’s official public website. 
SEC. 303. STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OUT-
SIDE TECHNOLOGY VENDORS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, HIR shall submit 
a report to the Committee on House Administration de-
scribing the steps necessary to create a streamlined proc-
ess for the approval of outside technology vendors by HIR, 
including a discussion of unique legal, statutory, or other 
considerations relating to the House environment, costs, 
obstacles to creating and operating such an approval proc-
ess, and security or other issues relating to such a process. 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 304. ENABLING MEMBER OFFICES TO BETA TEST NEW 
TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later that 120 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, HIR shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 
on establishing a program under which Member, com-
mittee, and leadership offices may elect to beta test a new 
information technology or application developed by an out-
side vendor prior to the final approval by House Informa-
tion Resources of the use of such technology or application 
for such offices, and shall include in the report a descrip-
tion of the steps necessary to set up such a program, the 
operation of such program, the identification of additional 
costs that may be incurred by such a program, and the 
identification of the steps necessary to ensure security and 
steps necessary to protect against jeopardizing the House 
enterprise. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
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section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 305. CREATING SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN 
HOUSE OFFICES AND HIR. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 
House Administration on the steps and actions necessary 
to ensure that HIR establishes a single point-of-contact 
within HIR for each office of the House so that the same 
employee of HIR is responsible for responding to requests 
from the office and for coordinating the delivery of prod-
ucts and services to the office, including a discussion of 
the advantages and disadvantages of such a single point- 
of-contact. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 306. IMPROVING MEMBER FEEDBACK REGARDING 
OUTSIDE VENDORS AND HIR SERVICES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, HIR shall submit 
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a report to the Committee on House Administration on 
the steps necessary to— 
(1) create a customer satisfaction portal on 
HouseNet that allows Members and employees to 
rate and review outside vendors and HIR services; 
(2) annually survey district-level staff and dis-
trict-specific technology concerns; and 
(3) survey Members and employees on what 
technologies they would like to use. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 307. LEVERAGING BULK PURCHASING POWER OF THE 
HOUSE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 
House Administration on the steps necessary to provide 
a standard suite of information technology (as described 
in subsection (b)) for the use of offices of Members of the 
House, including various packages and options, and shall 
include in the report an analysis of alternative methods 
for funding the purchase of such a suite, including increas-
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ing the Members’ Representational Allowances or creating 
additional accounts. The report shall also include a de-
tailed marketing and communications plan, including 
strategies to disseminate information regarding the stand-
ard suite to Member offices. 
(b) CONTENTS OF STANDARD SUITE.—The standard 
suite of information technology described in this sub-
section consists of the following, in such quantity and with 
such features as the Chief Administrative Officer deter-
mines to be appropriate to enable offices of Members of 
the House to quickly and effectively carry out their oper-
ations in a cost-effective manner: 
(1) Desktop and portable computers, including 
hardware, software, and related equipment and sup-
plies. 
(2) Mobile and stationary telephones, including 
related equipment and supplies. 
(3) Printers, including hardware, software, and 
related equipment and supplies. 
(4) Internet products and services, including 
website development and administration services. 
(5) Related information technology and tele-
communications services, including technical support 
and customer service. 
(6) Subscriptions and subscription services. 
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(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 308. REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERV-
ICE TO PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE SHORT 
FACT SHEETS. 
The Committee on House Administration shall work 
closely with the Congressional Research Service to ensure 
that the Service has the capability to rapidly provide short, 
nonpartisan fact sheets which may be disseminated by 
Member offices. 
SEC. 309. ESTABLISHING NONPARTISAN CONSTITUENT EN-
GAGEMENT 
AND 
SERVICES 
PAGE 
ON 
HOUSENET. 
The Committee on House Administration may issue 
regulations, or take any other steps as may be required, 
to establish a nonpartisan constituent engagement and 
services page on HouseNet which will better disseminate 
best practices and ideas regarding ways to optimize and 
improve constituent engagement and service. 
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TITLE IV—MAKING THE HOUSE 
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL 
SEC. 401. ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY OF HOUSE WEBSITES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 
House Administration detailing a plan to ensure that all 
House websites and applications are accessible. Such re-
port shall include— 
(1) a schedule for scanning and analyzing all 
House websites and applications to determine the 
accessibility level of each such website and applica-
tion; 
(2) an analysis of the resources and assistance 
necessary to ensure all relevant systems are compat-
ible with common programs used by major disability 
groups; and 
(3) a plan to ensure that all updates to such 
websites and applications, as well as new websites 
and applications, are accessible. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 402. CLOSE CAPTIONING OF PROCEEDINGS; CAP-
TIONING SERVICE FOR VIDEOS CREATED BY 
HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer and the Clerk shall submit a report 
to the Committee on House Administration detailing a 
plan to ensure that all House proceedings that are broad-
cast on television or streamed on the internet provide 
closed caption services, and provide a free captioning serv-
ice for all web videos created by Member, committee, and 
leadership offices, as well as the Office of the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer and the Office of the Clerk. Such re-
port shall include— 
(1) a statement of the estimated costs of pro-
viding close captioning services for all such pro-
ceedings; 
(2) a statement of the estimated costs of pro-
viding captioning service for all such web videos; 
(3) an estimated timeline for carrying out the 
plan; and 
(4) a discussion of any barriers to carrying out 
the plan, including statutory or regulatory impedi-
ments. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
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submission of the report under subsection (a), the Clerk 
shall submit to the Committee on House Administration 
a report regarding the progress made regarding the estab-
lishment and maintenance of the database described in 
such subsection, including any updates to the timeline and 
to the costs incurred or expected to be incurred (as re-
quired under subsection (b)), and a detailed account of 
actions taken to establish and maintain the database dur-
ing the year covered by the report. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 504. DATABASE OF VOTES TAKEN IN COMMITTEES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall 
submit a report to the Committee on House Administra-
tion regarding the establishment and maintenance, on its 
public website, of a separate database for the 116th Con-
gress and each subsequent Congress of all recorded votes 
in committees (except for recorded votes taken by the 
Committee on Ethics or for any votes taken by any com-
mittee in executive session) that is sortable, up-to-date, 
and downloadable. 
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