116th Congress, 2nd Session – 2020 Published Schedules
The 2020 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 2020 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2020 published schedule Senate Recess = “State Work Period/Week” |
2020 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2020 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District Work Week/Period” |
| January 6 Senate Convenes | January 1 New Year’s Day January 20 |
January 7 House Convenes
January 17 – 26 District Work Period January 28 -30 Democratic Retreat |
| February 17 – 21 State Work Period | February 4 President’s Budget submission (* See 31 USC 1105) February 4 February 17 February 26 |
February 17 – 21 District Work Period |
| March 16 – 20 State Work Period
April 6 – 17 State Work Period
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March 8 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) April 8 April 10 April 12 April 15 April 23 |
March 12 – 22 District Work Period
April 4 – 19 District Work Period April 22 – 24 House and Senate Republican Joint Retreat |
| May 25 – 29 State Work Period |
May 10 May 25 |
May 1 – 11 District Work Period
May 22 – 31 District Work Period |
| June 14 Flag Day June 21 |
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| July 3 – 17 State Work Period
August 10 – September 7 State Work Period |
July 4 Independence Day September 7 September 17 September 18 September 27 |
June 27 – July 6 District Work Period
July 11 – 20 District Work Period August 1 – September 7 District Work Period |
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September28 – 29 State Work Period October 12 – November 6 State Work Period November 23 – 27 State Work Period
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October 1 FY 2021 begins October 12 November 1 November 3 November 11 November 26 |
September 30 – October 11 District Work Period
October 3 – November 13 District Work Period November 21 – 30 District Work Period |
| December 10 Target Senate Adjournment
December 16 – 31 State Work Period |
December 10 Hanukkah begins at sundown December 15 December 25 |
December 10 Target House Adjournment
December 11 – 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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