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S 1238 116th Congress Senate

End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

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

Introduced: April 30, 2019 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 30, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 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 an exception for national security-related activities.

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