Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit absent Members to participate in committee hearings using video conferencing and related technologies and to establish a remote voting system under which absent Members may cast votes in the House on motions to suspend the rules.

Enabling Participation of Absent Members— Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:

Inclusion of Members Participating Remotely in Determination of Quorum— Subparagraphs (2) and (3) of clause 2(h) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives are each amended by adding at the end the following sentence: “A committee shall adopt a rule under which a member who participates in a hearing remotely pursuant to clause 7 shall be included in determining the number of members constituting a quorum at the hearing for purposes of this subparagraph.”.