HRES 149
115th Congress
House
Congress
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year.
Introduced: February 17, 2017
Introduced by:
Peters, Scott H.
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Feb 17, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Rule XIV (Order and Priority of Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require votes to be held in the House or in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for five consecutive days each week, except during any recess or during any week in which there is a holiday (when the number of consecutive days on which votes shall be held is four).
Limits to 13 the number of recess weeks during each calendar year.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1