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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. CON. RES. 5 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Establishing grounds under which Members of Congress may vote by proxy |
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| 6 | 6 | | and remotely attend committee proceedings in the event of illness, a |
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| 7 | 7 | | death in the family, jury service, military service, and other emergency |
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| 8 | 8 | | situations, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | ILLIAMSof Georgia submitted the following concurrent resolution; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | Establishing grounds under which Members of Congress may |
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| 16 | 16 | | vote by proxy and remotely attend committee proceedings |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the event of illness, a death in the family, jury service, |
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| 18 | 18 | | military service, and other emergency situations, and for |
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| 19 | 19 | | other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | concurring), 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. PERMITTING PROXY VOTING AND REMOTE ATTEND-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ANCE AT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS FOR 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | TIVES IN CERTAIN CASES. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ROXYVOTING.—Rule III of the Rules of the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | House of Representatives is amended— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) in clause 2(a), by striking ‘‘A Member may 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | not’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in clause 4, 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | a Member may not’’; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) in clause 2(b), by striking ‘‘No other person 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | may’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in clause 4, 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | no other person may’’; and 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | clause: 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘Proxy voting 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘4.(a) If any of the grounds described in paragraph 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) applies to a Member, such Member may designate an-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | other Member as a proxy who may cast the vote of such 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Member or record the presence of such Member in the 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | House if such Member submits to the Clerk a signed letter 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (which may be in electronic form)— 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(1) certifying that one of those grounds ap-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | plies to such Member; and 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(2) specifying by name the other Member who 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | is designated as a proxy for such Member. 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HCON 5 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(b) The grounds described in this paragraph with 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | respect to a Member are as follows: 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(1) Any of the grounds under which an eligible 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | employee is entitled to leave under subparagraphs 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (A) through (E) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2612(a)(1)), but only if the Member includes with 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the signed letter required under this paragraph such 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | documentation as the Clerk may require. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(2) An illness of the Member which would not 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | be treated as a serious health condition under sec-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tion 102(a)(1)(D) of the Family and Medical Leave 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D)) if the Mem-13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ber were an eligible employee under such Act, except 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | that the number of days during which a Member 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | may designate a proxy under this clause on the basis 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of this subparagraph in a calendar year may not ex-17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ceed 7. 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(3) The summoning of the Member, in connec-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tion with a judicial proceeding, by a court or author-20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ity responsible for the conduct of that proceeding, to 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | serve as a juror, but only if the Member includes 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | with the signed letter required under this paragraph 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | such documentation of the summoning as the Clerk 24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | may require. 25 |
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| 84 | 84 | | •HCON 5 IH |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(4) The death of a family member, except that 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the number of consecutive days during which a 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Member may designate a proxy under this clause on 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | the basis of this subparagraph with respect to a 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | family member may not exceed 4. For purposes of 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | this subparagraph, the term ‘family member’ means 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | a spouse (including a domestic partner) and a 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | spouse’s parent; a child and a child’s spouse; a par-8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ent and a parent’s spouse; a sibling and a sibling’s 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | spouse; a grandparent, a grandchild, or a spouse of 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | a grandparent or grandchild; and any other indi-11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | vidual who is related by blood or affinity and whose 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | association with the individual is the equivalent of a 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | family relationship under regulations issued by the 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Committee on House Administration. 15 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(5) The Member is absent by reason of service 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | in the uniformed services, as defined in section 17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4303(13) of title 38, United States Code, except 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | that the number of days during which a Member 19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | may designate a proxy under this clause on the basis 20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | of this subparagraph in a calendar year may not ex-21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ceed 15 in the case of service consisting of active 22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | training and may not exceed 22 days in the case of 24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | service consisting of State active duty in response to 25 |
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| 111 | 111 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5 |
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| 113 | 113 | | a national emergency or a major disaster referred to 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | in such section. A Member may designate a proxy 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | under this clause on the basis of this subparagraph 3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | only if the Member includes with the signed letter 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | required under this paragraph such documentation 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | of the service as the Clerk may require. 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘(6) The Member is prevented from safely trav-7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | eling to or performing work at the location of the 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | committee proceeding due to— 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(A) an act of God; 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(B) a terrorist attack; or 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(C) another condition that prevents the 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Member from safely traveling to or performing 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | work at the location of the proceeding. 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(c) The Clerk shall maintain an updated list of the 15 |
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| 128 | 128 | | following information, and shall make such list publicly 16 |
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| 129 | 129 | | available in electronic form: 17 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(1) The designations submitted or in effect 18 |
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| 131 | 131 | | under paragraph (a). 19 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(2) With respect to each Member who des-20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ignated a proxy under paragraph (a)— 21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(A) the number of days for which the 22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Member designated a proxy; and 23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(B) the grounds under paragraph (b) on 24 |
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| 137 | 137 | | which the Member designated the proxy. 25 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(d) Any Member whose vote is cast or whose pres-1 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ence is recorded by a designated proxy under this clause 2 |
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| 143 | 143 | | shall be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum 3 |
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| 144 | 144 | | under the rules of the House.’’. 4 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (b) R |
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| 146 | 146 | | EMOTEATTENDANCE AT COMMITTEEPRO-5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | CEEDINGS.—Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | new clause: 8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘Remote attendance at committee proceedings in 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | certain cases 10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘7.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | rule, if any of the grounds described in paragraph (b) ap-12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | plies to a Member and such Member has submitted to the 13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Clerk a signed letter (which may be in electronic form) 14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | certifying that one of those grounds applies to such Mem-15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ber— 16 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(1) such Member may participate remotely 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | during in-person committee proceedings, including 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | by casting a vote or recording such Member’s pres-19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ence remotely; 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(2) such remote participation shall not be con-21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | sidered an absence for purposes of clause 5(c) of 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | rule X or clause 2(d) of rule XI; and 23 |
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| 167 | 167 | | •HCON 5 IH |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(3) such Member shall be counted for the pur-1 |
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| 169 | 169 | | pose of establishing a quorum under the rules of the 2 |
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| 170 | 170 | | House and the committee. 3 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(b) The grounds described in this paragraph with 4 |
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| 172 | 172 | | respect to a Member are as follows: 5 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(1) Any of the grounds under which an eligible 6 |
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| 174 | 174 | | employee is entitled to leave under subparagraphs 7 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (A) through (E) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family 8 |
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| 176 | 176 | | and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 177 | 177 | | 2612(a)(1)), but only if the Member includes with 10 |
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| 178 | 178 | | the signed letter required under this paragraph such 11 |
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| 179 | 179 | | documentation as the Clerk may require. 12 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(2) An illness of the Member which would not 13 |
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| 181 | 181 | | be treated as a serious health condition under sec-14 |
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| 182 | 182 | | tion 102(a)(1)(D) of the Family and Medical Leave 15 |
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| 183 | 183 | | Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D)) if the Mem-16 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ber were an eligible employee under such Act, except 17 |
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| 185 | 185 | | that the number of days during which a Member 18 |
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| 186 | 186 | | may participate remotely under this clause on the 19 |
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| 187 | 187 | | basis of this subparagraph in a calendar year may 20 |
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| 188 | 188 | | not exceed 7. 21 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(3) The summoning of the Member, in connec-22 |
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| 190 | 190 | | tion with a judicial proceeding, by a court or author-23 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ity responsible for the conduct of that proceeding, to 24 |
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| 192 | 192 | | serve as a juror, but only if the Member includes 25 |
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| 196 | 196 | | with the signed letter required under this paragraph 1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | such documentation of the summoning as the Clerk 2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | may require. 3 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(4) The death of a family member, except that 4 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the number of consecutive days during which a 5 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Member may participate remotely under this clause 6 |
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| 202 | 202 | | on the basis of this subparagraph with respect to a 7 |
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| 203 | 203 | | family member may not exceed 4. For purposes of 8 |
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| 204 | 204 | | this subparagraph, the term ‘family member’ means 9 |
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| 205 | 205 | | a spouse (including a domestic partner) and a 10 |
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| 206 | 206 | | spouse’s parent; a child and a child’s spouse; a par-11 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ent and a parent’s spouse; a sibling and a sibling’s 12 |
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| 208 | 208 | | spouse; a grandparent, a grandchild, or a spouse of 13 |
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| 209 | 209 | | a grandparent or grandchild; and any other indi-14 |
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| 210 | 210 | | vidual who is related by blood or affinity and whose 15 |
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| 211 | 211 | | association with the individual is the equivalent of a 16 |
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| 212 | 212 | | family relationship under regulations issued by the 17 |
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| 213 | 213 | | Committee on House Administration. 18 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(5) The Member is absent by reason of service 19 |
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| 215 | 215 | | in the uniformed services, as defined in section 20 |
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| 216 | 216 | | 4303(13) of title 38, United States Code, except 21 |
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| 217 | 217 | | that the number of days during which a Member 22 |
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| 218 | 218 | | may participate remotely under this clause on the 23 |
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| 219 | 219 | | basis of this subparagraph in a calendar year may 24 |
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| 220 | 220 | | not exceed 15 in the case of service consisting of ac-25 |
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| 224 | 224 | | tive duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty 1 |
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| 225 | 225 | | training and may not exceed 22 days in the case of 2 |
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| 226 | 226 | | service consisting of State active duty in response to 3 |
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| 227 | 227 | | a national emergency or a major disaster referred to 4 |
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| 228 | 228 | | in such section. A Member may participate remotely 5 |
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| 229 | 229 | | under this clause on the basis of this subparagraph 6 |
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| 230 | 230 | | only if the Member includes with the signed letter 7 |
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| 231 | 231 | | required under this paragraph such documentation 8 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of the service as the Clerk may require. 9 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(6) The Member is prevented from safely trav-10 |
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| 234 | 234 | | eling to or performing work at the location of the 11 |
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| 235 | 235 | | committee proceeding due to— 12 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ‘‘(A) an act of God; 13 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(B) a terrorist attack; or 14 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(C) another condition that prevents the 15 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Member from safely traveling to or performing 16 |
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| 240 | 240 | | work at the location of the proceeding. 17 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(c) The Clerk shall maintain an updated list of the 18 |
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| 242 | 242 | | following information, and shall make such list publicly 19 |
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| 243 | 243 | | available in electronic form: 20 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(1) The Members who are eligible to partici-21 |
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| 245 | 245 | | pate remotely under this clause. 22 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(2) With respect to each such Member— 23 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(A) the number of days for which the 24 |
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| 248 | 248 | | Member participated remotely; and 25 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(B) the grounds under paragraph (b) on 1 |
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| 253 | 253 | | which the Member participated remotely.’’. 2 |
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| 254 | 254 | | SEC. 3. PERMITTING PROXY VOTING AND REMOTE ATTEND-3 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ANCE AT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS FOR 4 |
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| 256 | 256 | | SENATORS IN CERTAIN CASES. 5 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (a) P |
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| 258 | 258 | | ROXYVOTING.— 6 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (1) A |
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| 260 | 260 | | UTHORIZING DESIGNATION OF PROXIES .— 7 |
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| 261 | 261 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of any of the 8 |
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| 262 | 262 | | Standing Rules of the Senate, if any of the grounds 9 |
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| 263 | 263 | | described in subsection (c) applies to a Senator, such 10 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Senator may designate another Senator as a proxy 11 |
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| 265 | 265 | | who may cast the vote of such Senator or record the 12 |
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| 266 | 266 | | presence of such Senator in the Senate if such Sen-13 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ator submits to the Secretary of the Senate a signed 14 |
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| 268 | 268 | | letter (which may be in electronic form)— 15 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (A) certifying that one of those grounds 16 |
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| 270 | 270 | | applies to such Senator; and 17 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (B) specifying by name the other Senator 18 |
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| 272 | 272 | | who is designated as a proxy for such Senator. 19 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (2) D |
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| 274 | 274 | | ETERMINATION OF QUORUM .—Any Sen-20 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ator whose vote is cast or whose presence is recorded 21 |
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| 276 | 276 | | by a designated proxy under this section shall be 22 |
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| 277 | 277 | | counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum 23 |
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| 278 | 278 | | under the Standing Rules of the Senate. 24 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (b) REMOTEATTENDANCE AT COMMITTEEPRO-1 |
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| 283 | 283 | | CEEDINGS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of any 2 |
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| 284 | 284 | | of the Standing Rules of the Senate, if any of the grounds 3 |
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| 285 | 285 | | described in subsection (c) applies to a Senator, and such 4 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Senator has submitted to the Secretary of the Senate a 5 |
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| 287 | 287 | | signed letter (which may be in electronic form) certifying 6 |
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| 288 | 288 | | that one of those grounds applies to such Senator, such 7 |
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| 289 | 289 | | Senator may participate remotely during in-person com-8 |
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| 290 | 290 | | mittee proceedings, including by casting a vote or record-9 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ing such Senator’s presence remotely, and— 10 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) such remote participation shall not be con-11 |
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| 293 | 293 | | sidered an absence for purposes of any provision of 12 |
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| 294 | 294 | | the Standing Rules of the Senate; and 13 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (2) a Senator participating remotely pursuant 14 |
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| 296 | 296 | | to this subsection shall be counted for the purpose 15 |
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| 297 | 297 | | of establishing a quorum under the Standing Rules 16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | of the Senate and the committee. 17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (c) G |
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| 300 | 300 | | ROUNDSDESCRIBED.—The grounds described 18 |
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| 301 | 301 | | in this subsection with respect to a Senator are as follows: 19 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (1) Any of the grounds under which an eligible 20 |
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| 303 | 303 | | employee is entitled to leave under subparagraphs 21 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (A) through (E) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family 22 |
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| 305 | 305 | | and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 23 |
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| 306 | 306 | | 2612(a)(1)), but only if the Member includes with 24 |
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| 310 | 310 | | the signed letter required under this paragraph such 1 |
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| 311 | 311 | | documentation as the Secretary may require. 2 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (2) An illness of the Senator which would not 3 |
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| 313 | 313 | | be treated as a serious health condition under sec-4 |
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| 314 | 314 | | tion 102(a)(1)(D) of the Family and Medical Leave 5 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D)) if the Sen-6 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ator were an eligible employee under such Act, ex-7 |
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| 317 | 317 | | cept that the number of days during which a Sen-8 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ator may designate a proxy under subsection (a) or 9 |
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| 319 | 319 | | may participate remotely under subsection (b) on 10 |
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| 320 | 320 | | the basis of this paragraph in a calendar year may 11 |
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| 321 | 321 | | not exceed 7. 12 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (3) The summoning of the Senator, in connec-13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | tion with a judicial proceeding, by a court or author-14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ity responsible for the conduct of that proceeding, to 15 |
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| 325 | 325 | | serve as a juror, but only if the Senator includes 16 |
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| 326 | 326 | | with the signed letter required under this paragraph 17 |
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| 327 | 327 | | such documentation of the summoning as the Clerk 18 |
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| 328 | 328 | | may require. 19 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (4) The death of a family member, except that 20 |
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| 330 | 330 | | the number of consecutive days during which a Sen-21 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ator may designate a proxy under subsection (a) or 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | may participate remotely under subsection (b) on 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | the basis of this paragraph with respect to a family 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | member may not exceed 4. For purposes of this 25 |
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| 338 | 338 | | paragraph, the term ‘‘family member’’ means a 1 |
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| 339 | 339 | | spouse (including a domestic partner) and a spouse’s 2 |
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| 340 | 340 | | parent; a child and a child’s spouse; a parent and 3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | a parent’s spouse; a sibling and a sibling’s spouse; 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | a grandparent, a grandchild, or a spouse of a grand-5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | parent or grandchild; and any other individual who 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | is related by blood or affinity and whose association 7 |
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| 345 | 345 | | with the individual is the equivalent of a family rela-8 |
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| 346 | 346 | | tionship under regulations issued by the Committee 9 |
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| 347 | 347 | | on Rules and Administration. 10 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (5) The Senator is absent by reason of service 11 |
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| 349 | 349 | | in the uniformed services, as defined in section 12 |
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| 350 | 350 | | 4303(13) of title 38, United States Code, except 13 |
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| 351 | 351 | | that the number of days during which a Senator 14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | may designate a proxy under subsection (a) or may 15 |
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| 353 | 353 | | participate remotely under subsection (b) on the 16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | basis of this paragraph in a calendar year may not 17 |
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| 355 | 355 | | exceed 15 in the case of service consisting of active 18 |
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| 356 | 356 | | duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty 19 |
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| 357 | 357 | | training and may not exceed 22 days in the case of 20 |
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| 358 | 358 | | service consisting of State active duty in response to 21 |
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| 359 | 359 | | a national emergency or a major disaster referred to 22 |
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| 360 | 360 | | in such section. A Senator may designate a proxy 23 |
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| 361 | 361 | | under subsection (a) or may participate remotely 24 |
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| 362 | 362 | | under subsection (b) on the basis of this paragraph 25 |
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| 366 | 366 | | only if the Senator includes with the signed letter re-1 |
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| 367 | 367 | | quired under such subsections such documentation 2 |
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| 368 | 368 | | of the service as the Secretary may require. 3 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (6) The Senator is prevented from safely trav-4 |
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| 370 | 370 | | eling to or performing work at the location of the 5 |
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| 371 | 371 | | committee proceeding due to— 6 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (A) an act of God; 7 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (B) a terrorist attack; or 8 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (C) another condition that prevents the 9 |
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| 375 | 375 | | Senator from safely traveling to or performing 10 |
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| 376 | 376 | | work at the location of the proceeding. 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | AINTENANCE OF INFORMATION BY SEC-12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | RETARY.—The Secretary shall maintain an updated list 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | of the following information, and shall make such list pub-14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | licly available in electronic form: 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (1) The designations of proxies submitted or in 16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | effect under subsection (a). 17 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (2) With respect to each Senator who des-18 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ignated a proxy under subsection (a)— 19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (A) the number of days for which the Sen-20 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ator designated a proxy; and 21 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (B) the grounds under subsection (c) on 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | which the Senator designated the proxy. 23 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (3) The Senators who are eligible to participate 24 |
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| 391 | 391 | | remotely under subsection (b). 25 |
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| 396 | 396 | | to participate remotely under subsection (b)— 2 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (A) the number of days for which the Sen-3 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ator participated remotely; and 4 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (B) the grounds under subsection (c) on 5 |
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| 400 | 400 | | which the Senator participated remotely. 6 |
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