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title: "Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to meet 5 days a week for 39 weeks each year."
identifier: "114-HRES-184"
congress: 114
bill_number: 184
bill_type: "HRES"
version_code: "ih"
version_type: "Introduced in House"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/hres/184"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/184"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-04T02:39:31.302Z"
---
That
- (a) rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
> "7There 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.