Amendment ID: S2688-1

Amendment 1

Remote Voting

Ms. Lovely moves to amend the report by striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding Senate Rule 55, Senate Rule 57 or any other rule to the contrary, a member may authorize the presiding officer to announce the member’s vote or record the member’s presence in the Senate.

(b) A member may authorize the presiding officer by submitting a letter to the Clerk that specifies the member’s exact instruction to the presiding officer on how to answer the question of enactment of H.4677 and states that the presiding officer is authorized to announce the member’s vote or record the member’s presence; provided, however, that a member may alter or revoke this authorization by submitting a letter to the Clerk; provided further, that if a member who has so authorized the presiding officer casts the member’s own vote or records the member’s own presence, the member shall be considered to have revoked the authorization to announce the member’s vote or record the member’s presence in the Senate.

Upon receipt of a member’s letter authorizing the presiding officer or altering or revoking the authorization of the presiding officer, the Clerk shall notify the President and the minority leader of the authorization, alteration or revocation. The Clerk shall maintain an updated list of the authorizations, alterations and revocations submitted or in effect under this order and shall make the list publicly available in electronic form and available during any vote subject to this order.

(c) The presiding officer shall answer the roll call on behalf of each member who has authorized the presiding officer to announce the vote or record the presence of the member; provided, however, that the presiding officer shall announce the vote or record the presence in accordance with the member’s exact instruction.

(d) A letter under this section may be submitted to the Clerk electronically.; and

in section 3, by striking out, in line 38, the words “cast or whose presence is recorded by a proxy” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “announced or whose presence is recorded by the presiding officer”.