S 181
A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. James E. Risch [R-ID]
- Cosponsors
- 6
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance
- Introduced
- 2025-01-22
- Latest action
- 2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-01-22: Introduced in Senate