Restrictions on recorded votes in the House

Rule XXIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 5. Notwithstanding any other rule of the House, no recorded vote conducted pursuant to the voting procedures under rule XX may be ordered on or after 11:00 p.m. on any day the House is in session unless it is determined, by an affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the Members voting, a quorum being present, that exigent circumstances exist such that an exception to this requirement is warranted..