{"id":"FED-398","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States House of Representatives","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020)","authority":"U.S. Const. art. I, § 5, cl. 2","instrument":"H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus","title":"H.Res. 965 (116th Congress) - Remote Voting by Proxy and Remote Committee Proceedings","dateIssued":"2020-05-15","effective":"2020-05-20 (upon the Sergeant at Arms\u0027 notification); 45-day covered periods renewed continuously","end":"2023-01-03 (expired with the 117th Congress)","startDate":"2020-05-20","endDate":"2023-01-03","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["GATH","OTHER"],"addressees":["Members of the House","House committees"],"clause":"SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF REMOTE VOTING BY PROXY DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. (a) AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding rule III, at any time after the Speaker or the Speaker\u0027s designee is notified by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Attending Physician, that a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus is in effect, the Speaker or the Speaker\u0027s designee, in consultation with the Minority Leader or the Minority Leader\u0027s designee, may designate a period (hereafter in this resolution referred to as a \u0027\u0027covered period\u0027\u0027) during which a Member who is designated by another Member as a proxy... SEC. 3. PROCESS FOR VOTING DURING COVERED PERIODS. (a) RECORDED VOTES ORDERED.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding clause 6 of rule I, during a covered period, the yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on any vote on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are requested, or which is objected to under clause 6 of rule XX.","enforcement":"House rule","functions":["EV Capitol Hill commerce (the Capitol complex was closed to public tours from Mar. 12, 2020 through 2021)","CS lobbying, government relations and hospitality in Washington"],"notes":"Context: the legislative branch itself operated remotely for the whole of the six quarters;","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hres965eh/pdf/BILLS-116hres965eh.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":118466,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-398","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-398","citation":"U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)","stateName":"","related":[]}