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S. 4059

Introduced

End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

Sponsor
RJoni Ernst· Iowa
Introduced
March 11, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.March 18, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4059 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4059

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

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 11, 2026

Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means the 
2-month period immediately preceding the end of a fiscal year.
(2) Discretionary appropriations.--The term ``discretionary 
appropriations'' has the meaning given the term in section 
250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
(3) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCY SPENDING AT THE END OF A 
FISCAL YEAR.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the amount 
of discretionary appropriations obligated by an Executive agency during 
each month of a covered period may not exceed the average monthly 
amount of discretionary appropriations obligated by the Executive 
agency during the 10-month period immediately preceding the covered 
period.
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, each Executive agency shall submit to Congress and post on a 
publicly available website an itemized list of discretionary 
appropriations obligated by the Executive agency during the covered 
period immediately preceding the date on which the report is submitted.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply with respect to any 
discretionary appropriations obligated by an Executive agency for 
national security-related activities or disaster relief efforts.
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