117th Congress, 2nd Session – 2022 Published Schedules
The 2022 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 2022 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2022 published schedule Senate Recess = “State Work Period/Week” |
2022 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2022 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District Work Week/Period” |
| January 3 Senate Convenes January 17 – 21 |
January 1 New Year’s Day January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 3 – 7 |
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February 21 – 25 |
February 7 President’s Budget submission (* See 31 USC 1105) February XX State of the Union February 21 |
February 9 – 11 Democratic Issues Conference February 14 District Work Day February 15 – 17 Committee Work Days February 18 – 25 District Work Period |
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April 11 – 22
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March 2 |
March 21 – 25 District Work Period March 23 – 25 Republican Issues Conference April 11 – 22 District Work Period |
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May 30 – June 3 State Work Period |
May 8 Mother’s Day May 30 Memorial Day |
May 2 – 6 District Work Period May 23 District Work Day May 24 – 26 Committee Work Days May 27 – June 3 District Work Period |
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June 14 Flag Day June 19 Father’s Day June 20 Juneteenth Observed |
June 27 |
| June 27 – July 8 State Work Period August 8 – September 5 |
July 4 Independence Day September 5 September 17 September 25 |
July 1 – 8 District Work Period August 1 – September 2 September 6 – 8 September 9 |
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October 3 – 10 State Work Period October 24 – November 8 November 21 – 25
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October 1 FY 2023 begins October 4 October 10 November 6 November 8 November 11 November 24 |
October 3 – November 11 District Work Period November 21 – 25 District Work Period |
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December 22 – 31 State Work Period |
December 15 Bill of Rights Day December 18 December 25 December 26 |
December 16 – 31 District Work Period |
Sources: US Senate, House Majority Leader, Democratic Whip, House Republican Leader
* 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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