113th Congress, 2nd Session – 2014 Published Schedules
The 2014 Schedule: 
is available as a PDF 
and is online at TCNPS.com or CongressSchedules.com
This information is included with the course materials for Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process, Congressional Operations Briefing – Capitol Hill Workshop, and Advanced Legislative Procedure.
The House and Senate schedules below are adopted from the schedules published by the House and by the Senate.
In the House, a “House Recess” is also called a “district work period” or “Constituent Work Week,” when House members return to their home districts to meet with constituents. In the Senate, these home state visits are called “state work periods” and take place during “Senate recesses.”
Also see
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Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
For federal holidays, see OPM.
| Senate 2014 published schedule Senate Recess = “State work period” |
2014 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2014 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District work period” |
| January 6 Senate Convenes
January 20 – 24 State Work Period |
January 1 New Year’s Day January 6 January 20 January 28 |
January 7 House Convenes
January 21 – 24 Constituent Work Week January 29 – 31 House Republican Issues Conference |
| February 17 – 21 State Work Period |
February 3 February 17 |
February 12 – 14 House Democratic Retreat
February 18 – 21 Constituent Work Week |
| March 17 – 21 State Work Period
April 14 – 25 State Work Period |
March 5 March 9 April 14 April 18 April 20 |
March 17 – 21 Constituent Work Week
April 14 – 25 Constituent Work Week |
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May 26 – 30 State Work Period |
May 26 Memorial Day |
May 12 – 16 Constituent Work Week May 23 – 27 Constituent Work Period |
| June 14 Flag Day |
June 2 – 6 Constituent Work Period | |
| June 30 – July 4 State Work Period | July 4 Independence Day |
June 30 – July 4 Constituent Work Week |
| August 4 – September 5 State Work Period |
September 1 September 24 |
August 4 – September 5 Constituent Work Week
September 22 – 26 Constituent Work Week |
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October 1 FY 2015 begins October 3 October 13 November 2 November 4 November 11 November 27 |
October 6 – November 7 Constituent Work Week
November 24 – 28 Constituent Work Week |
| TBD Target Senate Adjournment | December 16 Hanukkah begins at sundown December 25 |
December 12 Target House Adjournment |
* The president is required by law (31 USC 1105) to submit his annual budget proposal to Congress by the first Monday in February. In a new administration, the president typically submits a placeholder document and fills in the details some weeks later. See “Submission of the President’s Budget in Transition Years,” CRS Report RS20752. Also see our course, The President’s Budget.
Sources: US Senate, US House of Representatives, and Federal Holidays from OPM.
This page is available online at TCNPS.com or CongressSchedules.com
URL: TCNPS.com
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