Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) in Rule 4, Section 20 (page 61, between lines 13 and 14), by inserting a new Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) The chair may recognize a witness who has been invited by the committee to attend the meeting but is not present in the same physical location as the committee to testify before the committee through an Internet or other videoconferencing system if:

(1) the witness has executed a sworn statement under this section;

(2) the witness has filed the statement or an electronic copy of the statement with the chair before testifying; and

(3) two-way communication has been enabled to allow the witness to be clearly visible and audible to the committee members and the committee members to be clearly visible and audible to the witness.