2 U.S.C. § 640
House approval of regular appropriation bills
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days during the month of July until the House of Representatives has approved annual appropriation bills providing new budget authority under the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. For purposes of this section, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall periodically advise the Speaker as to changes in jurisdiction among its various subcommittees.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally