BELDING, MI -- The congressman from the Grand Rapids area is starting off his summer recess by holding two meetings with constituents this week.

U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, will host the town hall meetings in Belding and East Grand Rapids.

The first will be held Monday, July 31:

Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Date: Monday, July 31

Place: Belding High School auditorium

Address: 850 Hall St. Belding, MI 48809

Amash's second town hall of the week will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1:

Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Date: Tuesday, Aug. 1

Place: East Grand Rapids High School Performing Arts Center

Address: 2211 Lake Dr. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506

Amash and other members of Congress begin a month-long summer recess this week.

Though House Republicans, after a lengthy fight, passed a scaled-down plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the Senate rejected the bill Friday, July 28.

The House also enters its August recess with the need for a 2018 budget looming. Congress will have the month of September to agree on a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

Amash held several town hall meetings so far this year, including a handful in the Grand Rapids area. First elected to Congress in 2010, he won reelection to a fourth term in November 2016.

The congressman represents Michigan's 3rd District, which stretches from Albion in the south to Sand Lake in the north and includes all or portions of Barry, Calhoun, Ionia, Kent and Montcalm counties.