H.R. 1591 · 114th Congress
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015
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Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 24, 2015
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015
This bill requires the President to submit annual department and agency budgets that include:
- a description of each activity for which funds were appropriated during the current year or are requested for the budget year;
- the legal basis for each activity;
- three alternative funding levels and the priorities that could be accomplished with each, including at least two levels that are below the current funding level; and
- measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness for each activity.
The Office of Management and Budget must publish guidelines to carry out this bill by assuming the baseline budget of each department or agency to be zero and requiring each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were new.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015
Latest action (Mar 24, 2015): Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 24, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.