No Budget, No Recess Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1059 To ensure timely completion of the concurrent resolution on the budget and regular appropriation bills, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 7, 2019 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. STEWART, Ms. FINKENAUER, and Mrs. AXNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Com- mittee 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 A BILL To ensure timely completion of the concurrent resolution on the budget and regular appropriation bills, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Recess 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Feb 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1059.IH H1059 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1059 IH SEC. 2. FAILURE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN BUDGETARY AC- 1 TIONS BY A DATE CERTAIN. 2 Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 3 (2 U.S.C. 634) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing new subsection: 5 ‘‘(d) FAILURE TO ADOPT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6 ON THE BUDGET BY A DATE CERTAIN.—(1) If by April 7 15 of each calendar year, the House of Representatives 8 and the Senate have not adopted a concurrent resolution 9 on the budget as required by section 301(a) of the Con- 10 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 11 beginning on the next calendar day, and on every other 12 calendar day thereafter until adoption of a concurrent res- 13 olution on the budget, Members shall record their presence 14 by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum. 15 In the House of Representatives, during the period de- 16 scribed in this subsection, a motion to adjourn to a day 17 and time certain offered pursuant to clause 4(c)(1)(B) of 18 rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 19 may not require the House to stand adjourned for more 20 than one calendar day. 21 ‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a ‘calendar 22 day’ shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi- 23 days.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Feb 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1059.IH H1059 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1059 IH SEC. 3. COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR AP- 1 PROPRIATION BILLS. 2 (a) RECESSES.—Section 309 of the Congressional 3 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended by insert- 4 ing ‘‘(a) RECESSES.—’’ after 309. and by inserting ‘‘or 5 August’’ after ‘‘July’’. 6 (b) PASSAGE OF GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.— 7 Section 309 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 8 U.S.C. 640) (as amended by subsection (a)) is further 9 amended by adding at the end the following new sub- 10 section: 11 ‘‘(b) PASSAGE OF GENERAL APPROPRIATION 12 BILLS.—(1) If by the last day of each fiscal year, the 13 House of Representatives and the Senate have not passed 14 each of the general appropriation bills, individually or a 15 combination thereof, beginning on the next calendar day, 16 and on every other calendar day thereafter until the pas- 17 sage of all general appropriation bills, individually or a 18 combination thereof, Members shall record their presence 19 by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum. 20 In the House of Representatives, during the period de- 21 scribed in this subsection, a motion to adjourn to a day 22 and time certain offered pursuant to clause 4(c)(1)(B) of 23 rule XVI may not require the House to stand adjourned 24 for more than one calendar day. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Feb 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1059.IH H1059 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1059 IH ‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a ‘calendar 1 day’ shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi- 2 days.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Feb 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1059.IH H1059 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS