3.0.0 5 2025-03-07T21:12:50Z 2025-03-07T21:12:50Z House H HCONRES 2025-01-28 119 hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-28T16:07:20Z 2025-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2025-01-28 Submitted in House Committee H12100 9 Library of Congress W000788 Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] Nikema Williams D GA 5 N Congress Congressional committees 2025-02-28T15:18:16Z Family relationships 2025-02-28T15:18:10Z Legislative rules and procedure 2025-02-28T15:18:03Z Members of Congress 2025-02-28T15:17:57Z Congress 2025-01-31T14:25:00Z 00 2025-01-28 Introduced in House 2025-03-07T21:12:32Z <p><strong>Legislative Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution</strong></p><p>This concurrent resolution authorizes proxy voting and remote appearances by Members of&nbsp;Congress&nbsp;who are&nbsp;absent due to an&nbsp;illness, military service,&nbsp;jury duty, or other circumstances.&nbsp;</p><p>The concurrent resolution establishes grounds and procedures by which an absent Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate may (1) designate another Member to cast a vote or record the presence of the absent Member; and (2) remotely appear at a committee proceeding.</p><p>The concurrent resolution authorizes proxy voting and remote appearances for absences due to</p><ul><li>jury duty;</li><li>the death of a family member;</li><li>a family member who has a serious health condition;</li><li>the Member's own&nbsp;illness or serious health condition; </li><li>the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a son or daughter;</li><li>the Member serving in the armed services;</li><li>a family member being called to active duty;&nbsp;or</li><li>a condition preventing the Member from safely traveling to or performing work at the proceeding.</li></ul><p>Certain purposes are time-limited; for example, an absence due to a Member's own illness is limited to seven days in a calendar year.</p><p>Further, a Member must provide to the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, respectively&nbsp;(1) a written proxy designation or notice of remote appearance, (2) the grounds for the absence, and (3) such documentation as they may require.&nbsp;The Clerk and Secretary must maintain and make publicly available a list of the grounds, time frames, and other details about Members&nbsp;using these provisions.</p> Legislative Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution Display Title 45 Legislative Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution 2025-01-29T11:53:25Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Legislative Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution 2025-01-29T11:53:24Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 Establishing grounds under which Members of Congress may vote by proxy and remotely attend committee proceedings in the event of illness, a death in the family, jury service, military service, and other emergency situations, and for other purposes. 2025-01-29T11:48:18Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hconres5ih/xml/BILLS-119hconres5ih.xml 2025-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.