Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) as follows:

(1)  Amend Rule 4, Section 20, by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (g) to read as follows:

(a)  The committee coordinator, under the direction of the Committee on House Administration, shall prescribe the form of a sworn statement, which may be in electronic or paper format, to be executed by all persons, other than members, who wish to be recognized by the chair to address the committee. The statement shall provide for showing at least:

(1)  the committee or subcommittee;

(2)  the name, address, and telephone number of the person appearing;

(3)  the person, firm, corporation, class, or group represented;

(4)  the type of business, profession, or occupation in which the person is engaged, if the person is representing himself or herself; and

(5)  the matter before the committee on which the person wishes to be recognized to address the committee and whether for, against, or neutral on the matter.

(b)  No person shall be recognized by the chair to address the committee in favor of, in opposition to, or without taking a position on a matter until the sworn statement has been filed with the chair of the committee. The chair of the committee shall indicate [on the sworn statement] whether the person completing the statement was recognized to address the committee.

(c)  Sworn [All sworn] statements submitted in paper format for those persons recognized by the chair to address the committee shall accompany the copy of the minutes of the meeting filed with the committee coordinator.

(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, in electronic or paper format, under this section;

(2)  the witness has filed the statement or a [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.

(2)  Amend Rule 2, Section 8, to read as follows:

Sec. 8.  COMMITTEE COORDINATOR. The committee coordinator shall:

(1)  under the direction of the Committee on House Administration, prepare a schedule for regular meetings of all standing committees as provided by Rule 4, Section 8(a);

(2)  post committee meeting notices, as directed by the chair of a committee, in accordance with Rule 4, Section 11(a);

(3)  maintain duplicate originals of committee minutes as required by Rule 4, Sections 18(c) and (d);

(4)  direct the maintenance of [maintain] sworn statements either in electronic or paper format and, under the direction of the Committee on House Administration, prescribe the form of those statements, as required by Rule 4, Sections 20(a) and (c);

(5)  receive and forward impact statements as required by Rule 4, Section 34(e);

(6)  receive committee reports as required by Rule 4, Section 37, and refer them for printing as provided by Rule 6, Section 19; and

(7)  receive and distribute the recommendations and final reports of interim study committees as provided by Rule 4, Section 61.