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Introduced November 7, 2025 by John B. Larson · Last progress November 7, 2025
The resolution increases transparency and lets a majority quickly end a district work period to reconvene Congress, but it publicly exposes members who call to end recesses and adds administrative and scheduling constraints for House operations.
Members of the House (and therefore taxpayers and federal employees) can force the House to reconvene within 2 days if a majority signs to end a district work period, enabling faster resumption of legislative business.
Taxpayers and the public gain an official, daily public record—names of members who call to end a district work period and related journal entries published in the Congressional Record and made electronically available—improving transparency and accountability.
House members who are publicly identified as calling to end a recess may face increased political pressure, harassment, or retaliation for their actions.
Preventing the Speaker from scheduling another district work period for three weeks reduces the House leadership's flexibility to respond to constituency needs or changing legislative circumstances.
Clerk and House administrative offices will incur extra workload and administrative costs to publish, maintain, and electronically disseminate daily cumulative lists.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Gives any Member a way to end a district work period by filing a letter; the Clerk publishes signers and a majority can terminate the period and block another for three weeks.
Allows any Member of the House to file a letter with the Clerk during a district work period calling for that district work period to end; the Clerk must publish individual letters and daily cumulative signer lists in the Congressional Record and make them publicly available. If a majority of the House signs such letters for a given district work period, the Clerk records and publishes that fact, the district work period must end within two days, and the Speaker may not designate another district work period for the next three weeks after reconvening.