[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4348 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4348

 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit proxy 
 voting and to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize the 
       practice commonly called ``ghost voting'' in the House of 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1994

Mr. Walker introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
               the Committees on Rules and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit proxy 
 voting and to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize the 
       practice commonly called ``ghost voting'' in the House of 
                            Representatives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROXY VOTING.

    Clause 2(f) of rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee with 
respect to any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 611. Voting for another representative
    ``(a) Whoever, being a Member of the House of Representatives--
            ``(1) authorizes another Member of the House of 
        Representatives to cast the vote, or to record the presence, of 
        the authorizing Member in the House of Representatives; or
            ``(2) casts the vote, or records the presence, of another 
        Member of the House of Representatives in the House of 
        Representatives;
        shall be fined an amount that equals the annual salary that 
        Member of the House of Representatives is receiving for service 
        in the House at the time of the offense.
    ``(b) As used in this section, the term `Member of the House of 
Representatives' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 29 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:

``611. Voting for another representative.''.

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