E. Constituent Engagement

Each calendar year, Members of Congress shall spend between ninety (90) and one hundred twenty (120) days in their home districts or States, engaged in public service and constituent outreach. These periods shall be scheduled in multiple recesses throughout the year, as determined by each chamber’s rules. The House and Senate must coordinate their calendars to ensure these recesses occur at the same time. Recess periods may be shortened if Members are summoned back to the Capitol by the leadership of their chamber in response to an emergency or urgent national need. All remaining weekdays—excluding designated national holidays—shall be official workdays during which Congress is in session. Reasonable exceptions for the exigencies of weather and similar events can be made, if agreed to by the combined leadership of both chambers. Saturdays and Sundays are not considered workdays unless Congress is called into special session.