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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9999 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to include timely completion of budgetary actions as an essential purpose 

of such Act and to establish limitations on the official travel of Members 

of Congress upon failure to timely adopt a concurrent resolution on 

the budget, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2024 

Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. YAKYM, and Mr. SORENSEN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to include timely completion of budgetary actions as an essential purpose of such Act and 

to establish limitations on the official travel of Members 

of Congress upon failure to timely adopt a concurrent 

resolution on the budget, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Recess 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TIMELY COMPLETION OF BUDGETARY ACTIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Congressional 

6 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

7 621) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

9 end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(6) to ensure timely completion of budgetary 

15 actions as outlined in this Act.’’. 

16 (b) HOUSE APPROVAL OF REGULAR APPROPRIATION

17 BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act is amended by inserting 

18 ‘‘or August’’ after ‘‘July’’. 

19 SEC. 3. LIMITS ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL OF MEMBERS OF CON20 GRESS UPON FAILURE TO ADOPT A CONCUR21 RENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET IN A 

22 TIMELY MANNER. 

23 (a) LIMITS ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL.— 

24 (1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para25 graph (2), no amounts may be obligated or expended 

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1 ing a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 

2 Congress) during the period described in subsection 

3 (b). 

4 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

5 (A) RETURN TO DC.—If a Member of Con6 gress is away from the seat of Government on 

7 the date on which the period described in sub8 section (b) begins, funds may be obligated and 

9 expended for official travel for a single return 

10 trip to the seat of Government by the Member 

11 of Congress. 

12 (B) TRAVEL IN NATIONAL CAPITAL RE13 GION.—During the period described in sub14 section (b), amounts may be obligated and ex15 pended for official travel by a Member of Con16 gress from one location in the National Capital 

17 Region to another location in the National Cap18 ital Region. 

19 (C) NATIONAL SECURITY EVENTS.—Dur20 ing the period described in subsection (b), if a 

21 national security event that triggers a con22 tinuity of operations or continuity of Govern23 ment protocol occurs, amounts may be obligated 

24 and expended for official travel by a Member of 

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1 sponding to the national security event or im2 plementing the continuity of operations or con3 tinuity of Government protocol. 

4 (b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described in 

5 this subsection is the period that— 

6 (1) begins on the next calendar day after April 

7 15 of each calendar year if the House of Representa8 tives and the Senate have not adopted a concurrent 

9 resolution on the budget as required by section 

10 301(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impound11 ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)); and 

12 (2) ends on the date of the adoption of a con13 current resolution on the budget. 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec15 tion— 

16 (1) a ‘‘calendar day’’ shall exclude Saturdays, 

17 Sundays, and legal holidays; and 

18 (2) the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the 

19 meaning given that term in section 8702 of title 40, 

20 United States Code. 

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