Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HRES

H.Res. 278 (103rd)

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

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 October 1993

Last action

15 October 1993 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Sponsors

Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12], Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1], Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3], Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1], Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4], Rep. Tucker, Walter R., III [D-CA-37], Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8], Rep. Shepherd, Karen [D-UT-2], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 February 2024

Summary

Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Speaker of the House to implement a system to allow each Member to vote in the House and in the Committee of the Whole from within that Members's district using a secure, electronic device if: (1) the Member or his or her spouse, child, or stepchild, is seriously ill; or (2) within the past two weeks, a child has been born to the Member or the Member's spouse, the Member's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, or sibling has died, or a natural disaster has occurred within the Member's district.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 15 October 1993

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 October 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 October 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 15 October 1993

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 15 October 1993

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 15 October 1993

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.