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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5459

To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to adjust the timing of the Congressional summer adjournment, and other purposes.

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Introduced 2025-09-18Topic: governance ethics

Summary

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This bill changes the federal law that sets the timing of Congress's summer break. It moves the date by which Congress generally adjourns for summer from July 31 to June 30, and shifts the break from the month of August to the month of July. It also changes the end of the break from the second day after Labor Day in September to the first Monday in August. The changes would take effect when the second session of the 119th Congress begins.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.refer
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.