; and (3) the term Washington Metropolitan Area means the District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. (d) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to travel taken by a Member of Congress on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Restrictions on adjournment by House (a) Prohibiting adjournment for more than 12 hours; mandatory daily vote on approval of Journal Rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: Restrictions upon failure to enact regular appropriation bills 8. (a) If, by the first day of a fiscal year, each of the regular appropriation bills for such fiscal year has not been enacted into law, until each such bill is enacted into law— (1) it shall not be in order for the House to stand adjourned for a period of more than 12 hours; and (2) on each legislative day, the Speaker shall call for a recorded vote on the approval of the Journal of the last day’s proceedings. (b) In this clause, the term regular appropriation bill means any annual appropriation bill which is under the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. . (b) Exercise of rulemaking powers The provisions of this section are enacted— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of the House, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change such rules (so far as relating to the House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House.