No Budget, No Recess Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Budget, No Recess Act
This bill requires Members of Congress to record their presence by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum (1) on April 16 and on every other calendar day thereafter until adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year, and (2) on October 1 and on every other calendar day thereafter until passage of each of the general appropriation bills for that fiscal year. This requirement does not apply on weekends or holidays.
During such periods, the House of Representatives may not adjourn for more than one calendar day, excluding weekends and holidays.
The House may not adjourn for more than three days in August if the appropriations bills have not been approved.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-NC | George Holding | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Steve Watkins | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 18, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2019 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2019Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 24, February 7, 2019, page H1463.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure timely completion of the concurrent resolution on the budget and regular appropriation bills, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Budget, No Recess Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
