[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1017 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1017

   Eliminating the restriction that witnesses may appear remotely at 
 proceedings of committees of the House of Representatives only at the 
               discretion of the chair of the committee.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

    Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mrs. Peltola) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
   Eliminating the restriction that witnesses may appear remotely at 
 proceedings of committees of the House of Representatives only at the 
               discretion of the chair of the committee.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Bringing Real Ideas, Data, 
and Genuine Experience to Congress Resolution'' or the ``BRIDGE to 
Congress Resolution''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTION THAT WITNESSES MAY APPEAR REMOTELY 
              AT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS ONLY AT DISCRETION OF CHAIR.

    Section 3(j)(1) of House Resolution 5, agreed to January 9, 2023, 
is amended by striking ``at the discretion of the chair of the 
committee and''.
                                 <all>