118th Congress, 1st Session – 2023 Published Schedules
The 2023 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 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
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
For federal holidays, see OPM.
“Federal Holidays: Evolution and Current Practices,” CRS Report R41990 (17-page PDF
)
The 2023 Schedule is available as a 2-page PDF .
| Senate 2023 published schedule Senate Recess = “State Work Period/Week” |
2023 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2023 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District Work Week/Period” |
| January 3 Senate Convenes January 4 – 20 |
January 2 New Year’s Day observed January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 3 House Convenes – Swearing-In Day January 13 – 23 |
| February 20 – 24 State Work Period |
February 6 President’s Budget submission (* See 31 USC 1105) February 7 State of the Union February 20 February 22 |
February 10 – 24 |
| March 10 – 13 State Work Period March 17 – 20 |
March 12 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) March 22 Ramadan begins April 5 Passover begins at sundown April 7 Good Friday April 9 Easter April 15 |
March 2 – 3 Democratic Retreat March 13 – 21 March 20 – 21 March 31 – April 14 |
| May 5 – 8 State Work Period May 22 – 29 |
May 14 Mother’s Day May 29 |
May 1 – 8 District Work Period May 26 – June 2 |
| June 26 – 30 State Work Period |
June 14 Flag Day June 18 June 19 |
June 26 – July 10 District Work Period |
| July 3 – 7 State Work Period July 31 – September 4 |
July 4 (and 3) Independence Day September 4 September 17 September 15 September 24 |
July 31 – September 11 District Work Period |
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October 9 – 13 November 20 – 24
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October 1 FY 2024 begins October 9 November 5 November 7 November 10 November 23 |
October 2 – 16 District Work Period October 27 – November 3 November 17 – 27 |
| December 15 Target Senate Adjournment December 18 – 29 |
December 7 December 15 December 25 |
December 15 Target House Adjournment December 15 – 29 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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