[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 149 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2017

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. O'Halleran, and Mr. Coffman) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House 
             to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year.

    Resolved, That (a) rule XIV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``7. There shall be votes held in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for 5 consecutive days each 
week except--
            ``(a) during any recess there shall be no votes, except 
        there shall be not more than 13 recess weeks during each 
        calendar year; or
            ``(b) during any week in which there is a holiday, then 
        votes shall be held on 4 days.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect with the 
first session of Congress beginning on the date of adoption of this 
resolution.
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