The House sets a default weekly schedule for when it starts meeting each day. Mondays start at 2 p.m., most midweek days start at noon, and the House can still change the time later.
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Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. is a House bill passed by the House. The latest recorded action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Latest action on H.Res. 6: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who work in or closely follow the U.S. House. It gives them a default schedule for when the House will begin its official floor meetings, while leaving room for changes.
Why this matters: The House schedule affects when debates, votes, and other official actions can happen. This resolution gives everyone a default timetable, which helps with planning travel, staffing, committee work, and public tracking of House activity. The practical schedule may still change because the House keeps the power to set a different time later.
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