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April 30, 2024 Update
[New information bolded and italicized]With the much-delayed aid package out of the way, Congress is returning from recesses and turning its attention to the annual authorization and appropriations bills for fiscal year 2025. Hearings have begun in both appropriations and authorization committees ahead of the beginning of legislative action via markups. Given the pace of the hearings over the past month and a half, some of the markups could begin as early as mid-May. Committee staff in both the House and Senate have also been hard at work drafting the base versions of authorization and appropriations legislation as Members have been submitting requests for language inclusion.
Tentative 2024 Congressional Recess ScheduleMay 24–June 3 — Senate and House out of session June 14–25 — House out of session June 21–July 8 — Senate out of session June 28–July 8 — House out of session July 12–22/23 — Senate and House out of session August 1/2–September 9 — Senate and House out of session September 27–November 12 — Senate and House out of session November 22–December 2/3 — Senate and House out of session December 19/20 — Target adjournment |