; (2) committee members may participate remotely during in-person committee proceedings, and committees shall, to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the ability of members to participate remotely; (3) committee members may cast a vote or record their presence while participating remotely; (4) committee members participating remotely pursuant to this section shall be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum under the rules of the House and the committee; (5) witnesses at committee proceedings may appear remotely; (6) committee proceedings conducted remotely are deemed to satisfy the requirement of a “place” for purposes of clauses 2(g)(3) and 2(m)(1) of rule XI; and (7) reports of committees (including those filed as privileged) may be delivered to the Clerk in electronic form, and written and signed views under clause 2(l) of rule XI may be filed in electronic form with the clerk of the committee. (b) Limitation on business meetings A committee shall not conduct a meeting remotely or permit remote participation at a meeting under this section until a member of the committee submits for printing in the Congressional Record a letter from a majority of the members of the committee notifying the Speaker that the requirements for conducting a meeting in the regulations referred to in subsection (h) have been met and that the committee is prepared to conduct a remote meeting and permit remote participation. (c) Remote proceedings Notwithstanding any rule of the House or its committees, during proceedings conducted remotely pursuant to this section— (1) remote participation shall not be considered absence for purposes of clause 5(c) of rule X or clause 2(d) of rule XI; (2) the chair may declare a recess subject to the call of the chair at any time to address technical difficulties with respect to such proceedings