,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
and ,ms4 ,schakowsky7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to authorize video             
teleconferencing and telephone          
conferencing of proceedings during the  
,,covid-#ai emergency period1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,court ,access 
,amid the ,pandemic ,act4  #b4 ,circuit 
court teleconferencing ,the ,coronavirus
 ,aid1 ,relief1 and ,economic ,security 
,act of #bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is
 amended by inserting after section     
#aejjb the following3  #aejjb;,a4       
,teleconferencing for ,circuit ,court   
,proceedings  7a7 ,in general ,during   
the period in which there is in effect a
 declaration of a national emergency by 
the ,president under the ,national      
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  

et seq47 with respect to the            
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai-- 7#a7 a    
chief judge of a circuit1 or1 if the    
chief judge is unavailable1 the most    
senior available active judge of the    
circuit court1 may authorize that cases 
and controversies be disposed of without
 oral argument2 or  7#b7 in the event   
that litigants in a case or controversy 
file a joint motion to proceed with oral
 argument1 or a chief judge of a circuit
 7or1 if the chief judge is unavailable1
 the most senior available active judge 
of the circuit court7 wishes to proceed 
with oral argument1 with the consent of 
the litigants1 the chief judge of the   
circuit 7or the most senior available   
active judge of the circuit court7 shall
 so proceed and shall authorize the use 
of video teleconferencing1 or telephone 
conferencing if video teleconferencing  
is not reasonably available1 for such   
argument4  7b7 ,real-,time streaming ,an
 oral argument that is conducted by     
video teleconference or telephone       

conference pursuant to subsection       
7a77#b7 shall be made available for     
public transmission in real time1 during
 such oral argument1 on the website of  
the court in which the proceeding       
occurred and shall be permanently       
archived on such website4  7c7          
,partnership permitted ,the chief judge 
of a circuit may use a third-party      
streaming platform1 linked to or        
embedded in a court's website1 in order 
to comply with the requirements under   
subsection 7b74  4  #c4 ,media access   
for district court proceedings ,section 
#aejjb7;b7 of the ,coronavirus ,aid1    
,relief1 and ,economic ,security ,act of
 #bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#h7 ,real-time streaming   
7,a7 ,in general ,the ,judicial         
,conference of the ,united ,states shall
 promulgate rules whereby any proceeding
 described in this section for which    
video teleconferencing and telephone    
conferencing is authorized shall-- 7i7  

be made available for public            
transmission in real time1 during the   
oral argument1 on the website of the    
court in which the proceeding occurs2   
and  7ii7 be permanently archived on the
 website of the court in which the      
proceeding occurred or on the website of
 the ,administrative ,office of the     
,united ,states ,courts4  7,b7          
,exception ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not 
apply to any proceeding in which the    
chief judge of a district court 7or1 if 
the chief judge is unavailable1 the most
 senior available active judge of the   
court7 specifically finds1 upon         
application of the ,attorney ,general or
 the designee of the ,attorney ,general1
 or on motion of a litigant1 that the   
proceedings cannot be disseminated      
without seriously jeopardizing public   
health and safety4  4