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	Amend HR 2 by striking the text beginning on page 102, line 
20, through page 103, line 7, and substituting the following:
	"Sec. 50.  PAIRS.  All pairs must be announced before the vote 
is declared by the speaker, and a written statement sent to the 
journal clerk.  The statement must be signed by the absent member to 
the pair, or the member's signature must have been authorized in 
writing[, by telegraph,] or by telephone, and satisfactory evidence 
presented to the speaker if deemed necessary.  If authorized in 
writing, the writing shall be delivered to the chief clerk by 
personal delivery or by commercially acceptable means of delivery, 
including electronic transmission.  If authorized by telephone, the 
call must be to and confirmed by the chief clerk in advance of the 
vote to which it applies.  Pairs shall be entered in the journal, 
and the member present shall be counted to make a quorum."