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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1059 
To ensure timely completion of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
and regular appropriation bills, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
TIMMONS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. STEWART, 
Ms. FINKENAUER, and Mrs. AXNE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, 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 ensure timely completion of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget and regular appropriation bills, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Recess 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FAILURE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN BUDGETARY AC-
TIONS BY A DATE CERTAIN. 
Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 634) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) FAILURE TO ADOPT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
ON THE BUDGET BY A DATE CERTAIN.—(1) If by April 
15 of each calendar year, the House of Representatives 
and the Senate have not adopted a concurrent resolution 
on the budget as required by section 301(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 
beginning on the next calendar day, and on every other 
calendar day thereafter until adoption of a concurrent res-
olution on the budget, Members shall record their presence 
by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum. 
In the House of Representatives, during the period de-
scribed in this subsection, a motion to adjourn to a day 
and time certain offered pursuant to clause 4(c)(1)(B) of 
rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
may not require the House to stand adjourned for more 
than one calendar day. 
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a ‘calendar 
day’ shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
days.’’. 
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SEC. 3. COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR AP-
PROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) RECESSES.—Section 309 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(a) RECESSES.—’’ after 309. and by inserting ‘‘or 
August’’ after ‘‘July’’. 
(b) PASSAGE OF GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.— 
Section 309 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 640) (as amended by subsection (a)) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) 
PASSAGE
OF
GENERAL
APPROPRIATION 
BILLS.—(1) If by the last day of each fiscal year, the 
House of Representatives and the Senate have not passed 
each of the general appropriation bills, individually or a 
combination thereof, beginning on the next calendar day, 
and on every other calendar day thereafter until the pas-
sage of all general appropriation bills, individually or a 
combination thereof, Members shall record their presence 
by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum. 
In the House of Representatives, during the period de-
scribed in this subsection, a motion to adjourn to a day 
and time certain offered pursuant to clause 4(c)(1)(B) of 
rule XVI may not require the House to stand adjourned 
for more than one calendar day. 
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‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a ‘calendar 
day’ shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
days.’’. 
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