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End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

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

What's happening now September 27, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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  • 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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[H.R. 4559: End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4559/)
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