[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6719]
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     ADOPTING CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Lawrence). Pursuant to House Resolution 
1232, H. Res. 1230 is hereby adopted.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1230

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. SEPARATE ORDER.

       On any legislative day through the remainder of the One 
     Hundred Seventeenth Congress, the Chair may at any time 
     declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, 
     within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the 
     Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
     adjournment.

     SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

       (a) Privileged Reports by the Committee on Rules.--Clause 
     6(a) of rule XIII is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (2), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (4); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(3) when the proposed text of such a report has been made 
     available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident 
     Commissioner prior to the convening of that legislative day; 
     or''.
       (b) Suspensions.--Clause 1(a) of rule XV is amended by 
     striking the second sentence.

     SEC. 3. REMOTE VOTING BY PROXY.

       Section 3(s) of House Resolution 8 is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(4) any reference to `the House' in sections 1(a) and 
     2(a)(2)(B) shall be construed to include a reference to the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union;
       ``(5) section 3(a)(1) shall not apply; and
       ``(6) for purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 and regulations 
     issued pursuant to section 6, the term `Members' shall 
     include Delegates and the Resident Commissioner and the term 
     `state' shall include territories and the District of 
     Columbia, except that--
       ``(A) nothing in this paragraph authorizes Delegates or the 
     Resident Commissioner to cast a vote in the House or record 
     their presence in the House; and
       ``(B) Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may only be 
     designated as a proxy by a Delegate or the Resident 
     Commissioner.''.

     

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