[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 278 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 278

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Members, 
 in specified circumstances, to vote by secure electronic device from 
                            their districts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 1993

  Mr. Kasich (for himself, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Condit, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
Lightfoot, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. Waters, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Abercrombie, 
  Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Filner, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
Hoekstra, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, and Mr. Lipinski) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Members, 
 in specified circumstances, to vote by secure electronic device from 
                            their districts.

    Resolved, (a) That rule I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``13.(a) He shall devise and implement a system subject to his 
direction and control to allow each Member to vote in the House and in 
the Committee of the Whole using a secure, electronic device from a 
location (which the Speaker shall approve) within that Member's 
congressional district if the Member notifies the Speaker that any of 
the following circumstances exist--
            ``(1) the Member is seriously ill;
            ``(2) the Member's spouse, child, or stepchild is seriously 
        ill;
            ``(3) a child has been born to the Member or the Member's 
        spouse within the past 2 weeks;
            ``(4) the Member's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, or 
        sibling has died within the past 2 weeks; or
            ``(5) a natural disaster as declared by the President or 
        the Governor has occurred within the Member's district within 
        the past 2 weeks;
and that Member obtains the prior written approval of the Speaker.
    ``(b) As used in this clause, the term `seriously ill' has the same 
meaning as the term serious health condition (except a mental 
condition) as defined in section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993.''.
    (b) The Committee on Rules is authorized and directed to report any 
amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives by September 
21, 1994, necessary to effectuate clause 13 of rule I.

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