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§640 House approval of regular appropriation bills

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 17A— - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS › § 640

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

House must not adjourn in July for more than three calendar days until annual appropriation bills providing new budget authority for all Appropriations subcommittees for the fiscal year beginning October 1 are approved, and the Appropriations chair must periodically advise Speaker.

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Title 2, §640

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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

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1330 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Amendments

1985—Pub. L. 99–177 substituted “House approval of regular appropriation bills” for “Completion of action on bills providing new budget authority and certain new spending authority” in section catchline, and amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this subchapter, not later than the seventh day after Labor Day of each year, the Congress shall complete action on all bills and resolutions— “(1) providing new budget authority for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year, other than supplemental, deficiency, and continuing appropriation bills and resolutions, and other than the reconciliation bill for such year, if required to be reported under section 641(c) of this title; and “(2) providing new spending authority described in section 651(c)(2)(C) of this title which is to become effective during such fiscal year. Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any bill or resolution if legislation authorizing the enactment of new budget authority to be provided in such bill or resolution has not been timely enacted.”

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Effective Date

of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 640

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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