,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bicj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1      
#bjah,mrs4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,lankford1 and ,mr4 ,perdue7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide that   
,congress may not recess1 adjourn1 or   
consider other matters after ,august #a 
of any year if ,congress has not        
approved a concurrent resolution on the 
budget and passed the regular           
appropriations bills with respect to the
 next fiscal year4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no      
,budget1 ,no ,vacation ,act4  #b4 ,no   
budget1 no vacation ,section #cjj of the
 ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd   
7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fca7 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 striking ,the timetable and inserting  
the following3  7a7 ,in general ,the    
timetable  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7b7 ,no budget1 no  

vacation  7#a7 ,limits in the ,senate   
and ,house of ,representatives  7,a7 ,in
 general ,on and after ,august #a of    
each year1 if both ,houses of ,congress 
have not approved a concurrent          
resolution on the budget for the next   
fiscal year and have not passed all the 
regular appropriations bills for the    
next fiscal year--  7i7 it shall not be 
in order in the ,senate or the ,house of
 ,representatives-- 7,i7 to move to     
recess or to adjourn2 or  7,,ii7 to move
 to proceed to the consideration of any 
matter other than a concurrent          
resolution on the budget or a regular   
appropriations bill2 and  7ii7 no       
amounts may be obligated or expended for
 official travel by a ,member of        
,congress4  7,b7 ,no waiver             
,notwithstanding section #ijd7;b71      
subparagraph 7,a7 may not be waived or  
suspended in the ,senate or the ,house  
of ,representatives4  7,c7 ,permanent   
law ,notwithstanding section #ijd7;a71  
subparagraph 7,a77ii7 is not enacted as 

an exercise of the rulemaking power of  
the ,senate or the ,house of            
,representatives4  7#b7 ,additional     
limits in the ,senate  7,a7             
,determination of presence of a quorum  
,in the ,senate1 on and after ,august #a
 of each year1 if both ,houses of       
,congress have not approved a concurrent
 resolution on the budget for the next  
fiscal year and have not passed all the 
regular appropriations bills for the    
next fiscal year1 and notwithstanding   
any provision of the ,standing ,rules of
 the ,senate1 the ,presiding ,officer   
shall direct the ,clerk to call the roll
 to ascertain the presence of a quorum  
every #f hours4  7,b7 ,lack of quorum   
7i7 ,in general ,if1 upon a calling of  
the roll under subparagraph 7,a71 it    
shall be ascertained that a quorum is   
not present--  7,i7 the ,presiding      
,officer shall direct the ,clerk to call
 the names of any absent ,senators2 and 
7,,ii7 following the calling of the     
names under subclause 7,i71 the         

,presiding ,officer shall1 without      
intervening motion or debate1 submit to 
the ,senate by a yea-and-nay vote the   
question3 ,shall the ,sergeant-at-,arms 
be directed to request the attendance of
 absent ,senators84  7ii7 ,direction to 
compel attendance ,if a quorum is not   
present #cj minutes after the time at   
which the vote on a question submitted  
under clause 7i77ii7 starts1 the        
,presiding ,officer shall1 without      
intervening motion or debate1 submit to 
the ,senate by a yea-and-nay vote the   
question3 ,shall the ,sergeant-at-,arms 
be directed to compel the attendance of 
absent ,senators84  7iii7 ,arrest of    
absent senators ,effective #cj minutes  
after the ,sergeant-at-,arms is directed
 to compel the attendance of absent     
,senators under clause 7ii71 if any     
,senator not excused under rule ,,xii of
 the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate is 
not in attendance1 the ,senate shall be 
deemed to have agreed an order that     
reads as follows3 ,ordered1 ,that the   

,sergeant-at-,arms be directed to arrest
 absent ,senators2 that warrants for the
 arrests of all ,senators not sick nor  
excused be issued under the signature of
 the ,presiding ,officer and attested by
 the ,secretary1 and that such warrants 
be executed without delay44  7iv7       
,reports ,not less frequently than once 
per hour during proceedings to compel   
the attendance of absent ,senators1 the 
,sergeant-at-,arms shall submit to the  
,senate a report on absent ,senators1   
which shall--  7,i7 be laid before the  
,senate2  7,,ii7 identify each ,senator 
whose absence is excused2  7,,iii7      
identify each ,senator who is absent    
without excuse2 and  7,,iv7 for each    
,senator identified under subclause     
7,,iii71 provide information on the     
current location of the ,senator4  7,c7 
,regaining the floor ,if a ,senator had 
been recognized to speak at the time a  
call of the roll to ascertain the       
presence of a quorum was initiated under
 subparagraph 7,a71 and if the presence 

of a quorum is established1 that        
,senator shall be entitled to be        
recognized to speak4  7,d7 ,no          
suspension of requirements ,the         
,presiding ,officer may not entertain a 
request to suspend the operation of this
 paragraph by unanimous consent or      
motion4  7,e7 ,consistency with ,senate 
emergency procedures and practices      
,nothing in this paragraph shall be     
construed in a manner that is           
inconsistent with ,s4 ,res4 #bif 7#ajhth
 ,congress7 or any other emergency      
procedures or practices of the ,senate4 
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