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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 12
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consider-
ation of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess of the House
after July 31 of any year unless the House has approved each regular
appropriation bill for the next fiscal year.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. W
ITTMANsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
prohibit the consideration of a concurrent resolution to
provide for a recess of the House after July 31 of any
year unless the House has approved each regular appro-
priation bill for the next fiscal year.
Resolved, 1
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Stay on Sched-3
ule (S.O.S.) Resolution’’. 4
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•HRES 12 IH
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING RECESS DURING AUGUST UNTIL AP-1
PROVAL OF ALL REGULAR APPROPRIATION 2
BILLS. 3
Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-4
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 5
clause: 6
‘‘Concurrent resolution providing for adjournment 7
during August 8
‘‘13. If by July 31 of any calendar year the House 9
has not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for 10
the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar 11
year, it shall not be in order to consider a concurrent reso-12
lution to provide that the House stand adjourned during 13
any day occurring during August of that calendar year 14
until the House has passed each such bill. For purposes 15
of this clause, term ‘regular appropriation bill’ means any 16
annual appropriation bill which is under the jurisdiction 17
of a single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-18
tions of the House of Representatives (as may be provided 19
under the Rules for the fiscal year involved).’’. 20
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