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Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution

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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
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1
Summaries
5
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Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 3, 2025 00
<p><strong>Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution</strong></p><p>This resolution prevents the House of Representatives from adjourning in August until it has passed regular appropriations legislation for the fiscal year beginning in October.&nbsp;</p><p>The resolution specifies that it is out of order for the House to consider a concurrent resolution for its adjournment during any day in August until the House has passed all of the regular appropriations bills.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 3, 2025
Submitted in House
Type: Committee | Source: Library of Congress | Code: H12100
Jan 3, 2025
Submitted in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1025
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (5)

Appropriations Congress (Policy Area) Congressional operations and organization House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure

Cosponsors (1)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

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Length: 2,096 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 3, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:09 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 12 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 12

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the
consideration of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess of the
House after July 31 of any year unless the House has approved each
regular appropriation bill for the next fiscal year.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Wittman submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the
consideration of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess of the
House after July 31 of any year unless the House has approved each
regular appropriation bill for the next fiscal year.

Resolved,
SECTION 1.

This resolution may be cited as the ``Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.)
Resolution''.
SEC. 2.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.

Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
adding at the end the following new clause:
``Concurrent resolution providing for adjournment during August
``13. If by July 31 of any calendar year the House has not passed
each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which
begins on October 1 of that calendar year, it shall not be in order to
consider a concurrent resolution to provide that the House stand
adjourned during any day occurring during August of that calendar year
until the House has passed each such bill. For purposes of this clause,
term `regular appropriation bill' means any annual appropriation bill
which is under the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives (as may be
provided under the Rules for the fiscal year involved).''.
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