This House resolution establishes a new procedure for announcing "pairs" during congressional votes in the 119th Congress. Under this system, when a House member cannot vote on legislation, they can arrange to be "paired" with another absent member who would have voted the opposite way, effectively canceling out both votes. The Clerk will announce these paired arrangements immediately before vote results are declared, based on a written list signed by the participating member and published in the Congressional Record alongside the names of those not voting. The resolution limits pair announcements to once per legislative day and applies to votes in both the full House and Committee of the Whole. This procedural change affects all House members and provides a formal mechanism for members to indicate their voting intentions when they cannot be present for votes.
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