,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,ribble 7for himself and ,mr4 ,rigell7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,budget1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit congressional   
recesses until ,congress adopts a       
concurrent resolution on the budget that
 results in a balanced ,federal budget  
by fiscal year #bjbd1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,do ,your ,job ,act4
  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,the ,federal debt     
exceeds #ag1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj and         
continues to grow4  7#b7 ,it is the     
responsibility of ,members of ,congress 
to enact and implement policies that    

encourage economic growth and job       
creation1 including a balanced budget4  
7#c7 ,in #bjac1 the ,house of           
,representatives was in session only    
#afj days and the ,senate was in session
 only #aef days4  7#d7 ,congressional   
recess in a time of excessive national  
debt is a lost opportunity to reach     
agreement about a balanced budget4  #c4 
,no congressional recesses  7a7 ,in     
general ,during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this ,act and  
ending on the date specified in         
subsection 7b71 neither the ,senate nor 
the ,house of ,representatives may      
recess or stand adjourned for a period  
of longer than #bd hours4  7b7 ,balanced
 budget agreed to ,the date described in
 this subsection is the date a          
concurrent resolution on the budget is  
agreed to that establishes a level of   
deficit of #j or a surplus by not later 
than fiscal year #bjbd4  7c7 ,rules of  
,house of ,representatives and ,senate  
,this section is enacted by ,congress-- 

7#a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and ,house of      
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such it is deemed a part of the rules of
 each ,house1 respectively1 and it      
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7#b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
relating to the procedure of that       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4  #d4  
,house and ,senate approval of regular  
appropriation bills ,section #cab of the
 ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new subsection3  7g7 ,house   
and ,senate approval of regular         
appropriation bills  7#a7 ,point of     
order in the ,house of ,representatives 
against adjourning in ,august until     
,house passage of all appropriation     
bills ,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       
,august 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 of the ,house of        
,representatives for the fiscal year    
beginning on ,october #a of such year4  
7#b7 ,points of order in the ,house of  
,representatives and ,senate against    
adjourning until ,house and ,senate     
passage of all appropriation bills      
,beginning on ,october #a of a session  
of ,congress and during the duration of 
that session1 it shall not be in order  
in the ,house of ,representatives or the
 ,senate to consider any resolution     
providing for an adjournment period of  
more than three calendar days for the   
duration of that session until the      
annual appropriation bills providing new

 budget authority under the jurisdiction
 of all the subcommittees of the        
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate for the fiscal year beginning on
 ,october #a of such year have been     
presented to the ,president under       
section #g of article ,i of the         
,constitution4  4