I 
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 Administra-
tion, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to include timely completion of budg-
etary 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Recess 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TIMELY COMPLETION OF BUDGETARY ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
621) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) to ensure timely completion of budgetary 
actions as outlined in this Act.’’. 
(b) HOUSE APPROVAL OF REGULAR APPROPRIATION 
BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act is amended by inserting 
‘‘or August’’ after ‘‘July’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITS ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL OF MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS UPON FAILURE TO ADOPT A CONCUR-
RENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET IN A 
TIMELY MANNER. 
(a) LIMITS ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no amounts may be obligated or expended 
for official travel by a Member of Congress (includ-
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ing a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress) during the period described in subsection 
(b). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) RETURN TO DC.—If a Member of Con-
gress is away from the seat of Government on 
the date on which the period described in sub-
section (b) begins, funds may be obligated and 
expended for official travel for a single return 
trip to the seat of Government by the Member 
of Congress. 
(B) TRAVEL
IN
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
RE-
GION.—During the period described in sub-
section (b), amounts may be obligated and ex-
pended for official travel by a Member of Con-
gress from one location in the National Capital 
Region to another location in the National Cap-
ital Region. 
(C) NATIONAL SECURITY EVENTS.—Dur-
ing the period described in subsection (b), if a 
national security event that triggers a con-
tinuity of operations or continuity of Govern-
ment protocol occurs, amounts may be obligated 
and expended for official travel by a Member of 
Congress for any official travel relating to re-
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sponding to the national security event or im-
plementing the continuity of operations or con-
tinuity of Government protocol. 
(b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described in 
this subsection is the period that— 
(1) begins on the next calendar day after April 
15 of each calendar year if the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate have not adopted a concurrent 
resolution on the budget as required by section 
301(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)); and 
(2) ends on the date of the adoption of a con-
current resolution on the budget. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion— 
(1) a ‘‘calendar day’’ shall exclude Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays; and 
(2) the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 8702 of title 40, 
United States Code. 
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