116th Congress, 1st Session – 2019 Published Schedules
The 2019 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 Week” 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/Weeks” and take place during “Senate recesses.”
Also see
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Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
For federal holidays, see OPM.
The 2019 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2019 published schedule Senate Recess = “State Work Period/Week” |
2019 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2018 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District Work Week/Period” |
| January 3 Senate Convenes
January 21 – 25 State Work Week |
January 1 New Year’s Day January 21 January 22 (February 5) |
January 3 House Convenes
January 21 – 25 District Work Week January 30 – February 1 House and Senate Republican Joint Retreat |
| February 18 – 22 State Work Period | February 4 President’s Budget submission (* See 31 USC 1105) February 5 February 18 March 6 |
February 13 – 15 Democratic Retreat
February 18 – 22 District Work Week |
| March 18 – 22 State Work Period
April 15 – 26 State Work Period
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March 10 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) April 15 April 19 April 19 April 21 |
March 18 – 22 District Work Period
April 15 – 26 District Work Week |
| May 27 – 31 State Work Period |
May 6 May 12 May 27 |
May 27 – 31 District Work Week |
| June 14 Flag Day June 16 |
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| July 1 – 5 State Work Period
August 5 – September 6 State Work Period |
July 4 Independence Day September 2 September 17 September 29 |
July 1 – 5 District Work Week
July 29 – September 6 District Work Period |
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September 30 – October 14 State Work Period November 25 – 29 State Work Period |
October 1 FY 2020 begins October 8 October 14 November 3 November 5 November 11 November 28 |
September 30 – October 11 District Work Period
November 4 – 8 District Work Period November 25 – 29 District Work Week |
| December 13 Target Senate Adjournment
December 16 – 31 State Work Period |
December 15 Bill of Rights Day December 22 December 25 |
December 13 Target House Adjournment
December 16 – 31 District Work Period |
Sources: US Senate, House Majority Leader, Democratic Whip
* 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, May 17, 2012 (17-page PDF). 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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