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MAKE CENTS Act

Introduced: February 11, 2020 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Americans Know about Excessive spending through Commonsense Efforts to Notice and Target Shenanigans Act or the MAKE CENTS Act

This bill modifies the federal budget process to add reporting requirements, limit spending at the end of a fiscal year, and impose penalties on Congress for failing to approve a budget resolution or the annual appropriations bills on a timely basis.

Among other changes, the bill

  • requires federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding federally funded projects that are more than five years behind schedule or have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project;
  • requires recipients of federal funding to disclose specified details regarding the cost to the federal government and nongovernmental sources;
  • prohibits an executive agency from spending more in the last 2 months of a fiscal year than the agency's average monthly spending for the previous 10 months;
  • prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all of the regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year; and
  • limits congressional recesses, adjournments, and travel if Congress has not completed work on a budget resolution and the annual appropriations bills by certain deadlines.
What's happening now February 11, 2020

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

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 129 Related bill No Budget, No Pay Act
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  • S 186 Related bill No Budget, No Recess Act
  • S 807 Related bill COST Act
  • S 1238 Related bill End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act
  • HR 1917 Related bill Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019
  • S 565 Related bill Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3267: MAKE CENTS Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3267/
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"S. 3267: MAKE CENTS Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3267/.
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S. 3267, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3267/.
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