Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,

That the 80th General Convention amend Joint Rules of Order I.2.j, II.10.b, II.10.c and III.11 to read as follows: 

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(j) Any Joint Standing Committee and any of its committees, sections and subcommittees may meet in person or by electronic means whereby all participants can hear each other. 

II.10 

(b) Organization. The Joint Standing Committee shall elect its Chair from its membership, and such other officers as needed. 

The Joint Standing Committee shall be organized in Sections, which shall conform to the major subdivisions of the Budget, as well as Sections on Funding and Presentation, the size and composition of the several Sections to be determined by the Joint Standing Committee. 

The Chairs of each Section shall be elected by the Joint Standing Committee; the several Sections shall elect their own Secretaries from among their own membership. 

The Joint Standing Committee may refer to a Section any of the duties imposed upon it by this rule; provided, however, that final action on Budget shall be taken only by the full Committee acting in a meeting.  

(c) During the interim between regular Meetings of the General Convention, the Joint Standing Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the officers of the General Convention and to the Executive Council, holding such meetings as may be deemed necessary for the purpose. Meetings of the Joint Standing Committee shall be called by the Chair, or upon the request of any five members thereof. 

In respect of the Budget for The Episcopal Church, the Joint Standing Committee, acting in a meeting, shall have the power to consider and to make such adjustments therein or additions thereto as it shall deem to be necessary or expedient, and which, in its judgment, available funds and anticipated income will warrant; and it shall likewise have the power to adjust the annual assessments of Dioceses within the limit established by the General Convention. 

With regard to the General Church Program, the Joint Standing Committee shall: 

i. Meet and consult with the Executive Council, or its Administration and Finance Committee, on adjustments to the program priorities, and on alternate income generating resources; 

ii. Receive from the Executive Council, not less than four months prior to the meeting of General Convention, the proposed General Church Program for the upcoming triennium, including a proposed detailed Budget for the year next following that of such Convention; 

iii. Meet as and when it shall determine, sufficiently in advance of the next General Convention to expedite its work; 

iv. Conduct hearings upon such proposed Program and Budget; and 

v. Consider such proposed Program and Budget and report thereon to the next succeeding General Convention. 

III.11 

11. Each proposal for legislative consideration, however addressed to the General Convention or to either House thereof, received prior to a date in advance of the Convention agreed upon by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, shall be referred to the proper Standing Committee or Special Committee of the appropriate House by its presiding officer. 

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(j) Any Joint Standing Committee and any of its committees, sections and subcommittees may meet in person or by electronic means whereby all participants can hear each other. 

II.10 

(b) Organization. The Joint Standing Committee shall elect its Chair from its membership, and such other officers as needed. 

The Joint Standing Committee shall be organized in Sections, which shall conform to the major subdivisions of the Budget, as well as Sections on Funding and Presentation, the size and composition of the several Sections to be determined by the Joint Standing Committee. 

The Chairs of each Section shall be elected by the Joint Standing Committee; the several Sections shall elect their own Secretaries from among their own membership. 

The Joint Standing Committee may refer to a Section any of the duties imposed upon it by this rule; provided, however, that final action on Budget shall be taken only by the full Committee acting in a meeting, either in meeting assembled or by electronic means a vote by mail. 

(c) During the interim between regular Meetings of the General Convention, the Joint Standing Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the officers of the General Convention and to the Executive Council, holding such meetings as may be deemed necessary for the purpose. Meetings of the Joint Standing Committee shall be called by the Chair, or upon the request of any five members thereof. 

In respect of the Budget for The Episcopal Church, the Joint Standing Committee, acting in a meeting, shall have the power to consider and act on in a meeting either by a vote by electronic means mail, or in meeting assembled, to make such adjustments therein, or additions thereto, as it shall deem to be necessary or expedient, and which, in its judgment, available funds and anticipated income will warrant; and it shall likewise have the power to adjust the annual assessments askings of Dioceses within the limit established by the General Convention. 

With regard to the General Church Program, the Joint Standing Committee shall: 

1. Meet and consult with the Executive Council, or its Administration and Finance Committee, on adjustments to the program priorities, and on alternate income generating resources;
2. Receive from the Executive Council, not less than four months prior to the meeting of General Convention, the proposed General Church Program for the upcoming triennium, including a proposed detailed Budget for the year next following that of such Convention;
3. Meet in such places as and when it shall determine, sufficiently in advance of the next General Convention to expedite its work;
4. Conduct hearings upon such proposed Program and Budget; and
5. Consider such proposed Program and Budget and report thereon to the next succeeding General Convention.

III.11 

1. Each proposal for legislative consideration, however addressed to the General Convention or to either House thereof, received prior to a date in advance of the Convention agreed upon by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, shall be referred by electronic means mail to the proper Standing Committee or Special Committee of the appropriate House by its presiding officer, the Presiding Bishop making the referrals to the Committees of the House of Bishops and the President of the House of Deputies making the referrals to the Committees of that House.