,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #cj1    
#bjai ,ms4 ,ernst introduced the        
following bill2 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 year1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,end-of-,year ,fiscal      
,responsibility ,act4  #b4 ,definitions 
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,covered period ,the
 term covered period means the #b-month 
period immediately preceding the end of 
a fiscal year4  7#b7 ,discretionary     
appropriations ,the term discretionary  
appropriations has the meaning given the
 term in section #bej7;c7 of the        
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ijj7;c774  7#c7 ,executive   
agency ,the term ,executive agency has  
the meaning given the term in section   

#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4
  #c4 ,requirements for ,executive      
agency spending at the end of a fiscal  
year  7a7 ,in general ,except as        
provided in subsection 7c71 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     
#aj-month period immediately preceding  
the covered period4  7b7 ,report ,not   
later than #fj days after the end of    
each fiscal year1 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 submitted4  7c7 ,exception ,this     
section shall not apply with respect to 
any discretionary appropriations        
obligated by an ,executive agency for   

national security-related activities4