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S 181 119th Congress

A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.

This bill requires federal agencies to submit zero-based budgets to the Office of Management and Budget and the congressional budget committees. Under the bill, a zero-based budget is a systematic budget analysis in which managers (1) examine current objectives, operations, and costs; (2) consider alternative ways of carrying out programs or activities; and (3) rank different programs or activities by order of...

Excerpt from the latest CRS summary Jan 22, 2025 Congress.gov

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Latest action Jan 22, 2025 Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] Economics and Public Finance
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Introduced in Senate Jan 22, 2025

This bill requires federal agencies to submit zero-based budgets to the Office of Management and Budget and the congressional budget committees. Under the bill, a zero-based budget is a systematic budget analysis in which managers (1) examine current objectives, operations, and costs; (2) consider alternative ways of carrying out programs or activities; and (3) rank different programs or activities by order of importance.The bill also requires federal agencies to submit recommendations to reduce spending by at least 2% from the previous year's levels. The Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration are exempt from this requirement.

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