HRES1017-118

In Committee

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.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 15, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H7A9A6E8E41F24128BD5E84295FB915E1: 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...
  • Section H1252A0C042B14E1C960E134E28740001: 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,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 15, 2024

Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mrs. …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Technology
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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