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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 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Feb 17, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 17, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 149: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-149/
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"H. Res. 149: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-149/.
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H. Res. 149, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-149/.
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[H. Res. 149: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-149/)
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