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HR 1936 115th Congress House

Do Your Job Act

Official title: To prohibit congressional recesses until Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget that results in a balanced Federal budget by the last fiscal yea… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit congressional recesses until Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget that results in a balanced Federal budget by the last fiscal year covered by such resolution, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
Congress AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processCongressional operations and organizationLegislative rules and procedure
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Apr 5, 2017
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.
Apr 5, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2733)
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 5, 2017

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Do Your Job Act

This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create points of order against resolutions providing for: (1) the adjournment of the House for more than three days during August until the House has approved all of the annual appropriation bills, or (2) the adjournment of either the House or the Senate for more than three days between October 1 and the end of the session of Congress until all of the annual appropriation bills have been presented to the President.

The bill also prohibits a congressional recess or adjournment longer than 24 hours during a calendar year until Congress agrees to a budget resolution that projects a balanced budget by the last fiscal year covered by the resolution.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1936: Do Your Job Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1936/
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"H.R. 1936: Do Your Job Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1936/.
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