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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 181 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require agencies submit zero-based budgets. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. R |
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| 9 | 9 | | ISCH(for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. SHEEHY, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | COTTof Florida, and Ms. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu- |
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| 13 | 13 | | rity and Governmental Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require agencies submit zero-based budgets. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. ZERO-BASED BUDGETS. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) D |
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| 20 | 20 | | EFINITION.—In this Act: 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) A |
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| 22 | 22 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | United States Code. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) Z |
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| 26 | 26 | | ERO-BASED BUDGET.—The term ‘‘zero- 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | based budget’’ means a systematic budget analysis 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | in support of decision making in which managers— 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •S 181 IS |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) examine current objectives, operations, 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and costs; 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) consider alternative ways of carrying 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | out a program or activity; and 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) rank different programs or activities 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | by order of importance to the organization. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) Z |
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| 39 | 39 | | ERO-BASEDBUDGETS.—Every sixth year, each 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Man-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | agement and Budget and the Committee on the Budget 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | House of Representatives a zero-based budget for the next 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | fiscal year and each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years. 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) R |
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| 46 | 46 | | ECOMMENDATIONS .—In addition to the zero- 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | based budget required under subsection (b), each agency, 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | except the Department of Defense and the National Nu-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | clear Security Administration shall submit recommenda-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tions for which programs Congress should cut or reduce 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | appropriations in an amount that equals not less than a 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2-percent reduction from the previous year appropriation 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | in discretionary spending. 20 |
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