117th Congress, 1st Session – 2021 Published Schedules
The 2021 Schedule: 
available as a 2-page PDF 
and is online at TCNPS.com or CongressSchedules.com
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.
“Federal Holidays: Evolution and Current Practices,” CRS Report R41990 (17-page PDF
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The 2021 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2021 published schedule Senate Recess = “State Work Period/Week” |
2021 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2021 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District Work Week/Period” |
| January 3 Senate Convenes January 4 – 5 January 6 January 7 – 19 |
January 1 New Year’s Day January 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 3 House Convenes – Swearing-In Day January 9 – 20 |
| February 15 – 19 State Work Period |
February 1 President’s Budget submission (* See 31 USC 1105) February XX State of the Union February 15 February 17 |
February 1 – 5 Committee Work Days February 12 – 22 |
| March 29 – April 9 State Work Period
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March 14 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) March 27 Passover begins at sundown April 2 Good Friday April 4 Easter April 12 Ramadan begins April 15 |
March 1 – 12 Committee Work Days March 26 – April 12 April 26 – May 7 |
| May 3 – 7 State Work Period May 31 – June 4 |
May 9 Mother’s Day May 31 |
May 3 – 7 Committee Work Days May 24 – 28 May 31 – June 4 |
| June 28 – July 9 State Work Period |
June 14 Flag Day June 19 June 20 |
June 7 – 11 Committee Work Days |
| June 28 – July 9 State Work Period August 9 – September 10 |
July 4 (and 5) Independence Day September 6 September 17 September 6 September 15 |
July 2 – 9 District Work Period July 12 – 16 August 2 – 30 August 31 – September 2 September 3 – 8 September 9 – 14 September 15 – 17 |
| September 16 – 17 State Work Period October 11 – 15 November 8 – 12 November 22 – 26
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October 1 FY 2022 begins October 11 November 2 November 7 November 11 November 25 November 28 |
October 4 – 15 Committee Work Days November 8 – 10 November 19 – 29 |
| December 10 Target Senate Adjournment December 13 – 31 |
December 15 Bill of Rights Day December 25 |
December 10 Target House Adjournment December 13 – 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, July 28, 2021 (13-page PDF). Also see our course, The President’s Budget.
Sources: US Senate, US House of Representatives, and Federal Holidays from OPM.
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