Bill sets automatic spending caps on federal help programs.
H.R. 10619 — Spending Safeguard Act · Filed by Virginia Foxx (R-NC) · Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Office of Management and Budget to set spending caps. The caps apply to new federal programs. Once a program spends 120% of its six-year cost, it gets no new money. Some programs have a 110% cap instead. The program stays frozen for the rest of that six years. Government offices must tell people in these programs that their help might stop. The bill creates public scorecards that track spending against each cap.
Who it affects
People who get help from Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and jobless pay could lose help mid-year. This happens if their program hits its spending cap. Social Security is not affected. The bill does not apply to programs that started before the bill passes.
One thing to notice
Programs can be frozen mid-year even if Congress approved them. Government offices must tell people their help might stop, which could keep people from signing up.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Budget”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- spending caps — A limit on how much money a program can spend in a set time.
- Office of Management and Budget — The federal office that helps the President plan the government's spending and money.
- scorecards — Public records that show how much money each program has spent.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,274 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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