Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution

This measure changes House rules to discourage lawmakers from taking an August recess if they have not finished the yearly funding bills for the next fiscal year, which begins in October . It makes it out of order for the House to consider any plan to adjourn during August until all regular appropriations—the annual bills that fund government departments and programs—have been approved by the House . The goal is to keep the House on schedule and reduce last‑minute scrambling that can lead to stopgap measures or shutdown threats . This primarily affects members of the House, whose schedule and recess plans would depend on completing the funding work on time . It indirectly affects federal agencies, contractors, and communities that rely on timely government funding by encouraging earlier completion of spending bills . The measure is a rules change and does not specify new spending or costs .