114th Congress, 1st Session – 2015 Published Schedules
The 2015 Schedule: 
available as a 2-page 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 (PDF) 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.
The 2015 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2015 published schedule Senate Recess = “State work period” |
2015 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2015 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District work period” |
| January 6 Senate Convenes | January 1 New Year’s Day January 6 January 19 January 27 |
January 6 House Convenes
January 14 – 16 House Republican Issues Conference January 28 – 30 House Democratic Retreat |
| February 17 – 20 State Work Period |
February 2 February 16 February 18 |
February 17 – 20 Constituent Work Week |
| March 30 – April 10 State Work Period
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March 8 April 3 April 3 April 5 |
March 9 – 13 Constituent Work Week
March 30 – April 10 Constituent Work Week |
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May 26 – 29 State Work Period |
May 10 May 25 |
May 4 – 8 Constituent Work Week May 26 – 29 Constituent Work Period |
| June 14 Flag Day June 21 |
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| June 29 – July 6 State Work Period | July 4 Independence Day |
June 29 – July 3 Constituent Work Week |
| August 10 – September 4 State Work Period |
September 7 September 13 September 22 |
August 3 – September 4 Constituent Work Week
September 21 – 25 Constituent Work Week |
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October 13 – 16 State Work Period November 23 – 27 State Work Period |
October 1 FY 2016 begins October 12 November 1 November 3 November 11 November 26 |
October 13 – 16 Constituent Work Week November 9 – 13 Constituent Work Week November 23 – 27 Constituent Work Week |
| December 18 Target Senate Adjournment
December 21 – 31 State Work Period |
December 6 Hanukkah begins at sundown December 25 |
December 18 Target House Adjournment
December 21 – 31 Constituent Work Week |
* 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
CongressSchedules.com
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