In the United States, conditional adjournment refers to the authority given to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

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or the Majority Leader of the

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, when Congress is in recess for more than three days, to reconvene Congress at a date earlier than scheduled to address a time-critical issue or emergency. This authority is defined in the concurrent resolution authorizing the conditional adjournment.

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