Title: No Budget, No Recess Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
No Budget, No Recess Act
This bill requires Members of Congress to record their presence by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum (1) on April 16 and on every other calendar day thereafter until adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year, and (2) on October 1 and on every other calendar day thereafter until passage of each of the general appropriation bills for that fiscal year. This requirement does not apply on weekends or holidays.
During such periods, the House of Representatives may not adjourn for more than one calendar day, excluding weekends and holidays.
The House may not adjourn for more than three days in August if the appropriations bills have not been approved.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1059 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 Committee 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

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. FAILURE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN BUDGETARY ACTIONS 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 following 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 Congressional 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 resolution 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 described 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 holidays.''.

SEC. 3. COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS.

    (a) Recesses.--Section 309 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 640) is amended by inserting ``(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 subsection:
    ``(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 passage 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 described 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.
    ``(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a `calendar day' shall 
exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.''.
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