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HR 4559 116th Congress House

End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

Official title: To provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 27, 2019 Introduced by: Crenshaw, Dan Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Sep 27, 2019
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 Latest action September 27, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

This bill prohibits an executive agency from spending more in each of the last 2 months of a fiscal year than the agency's average monthly spending for the previous 10 months. The bill applies to obligations of discretionary appropriations and includes exceptions for spending that is (1) for national security-related activities, or (2) designated by Congress as emergency spending.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3267 Related bill MAKE CENTS Act
  • S 1238 Related bill End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4559: End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4559/
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"H.R. 4559: End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4559/.
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H.R. 4559, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4559/.
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