Amend. XX, § 2
Annual meeting of Congress
Duty
Congress
Amend. XI–XXVII · Later Amendments
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Proposal and ratification: The twentieth amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 2d day of March, 1932, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of State, dated on the 6th day of February, 1933, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. was completed on January 23, 1933.
Simplified explanation
Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, beginning at noon on the 3d day of January, unless Congress by law appoints a different day.