3.0.0 239 2022-11-15T16:33:06Z 2022-11-15T16:33:06Z House H HR 2013-01-14 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROSS:H.R. 239.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I: ``To make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H86]]]> hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-01-14T19:02:30Z 2013-01-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2013-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000593 Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15] Dennis Ross R FL A. 15 N P000605 Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] Scott Perry R PA 4 2013-01-23 False R000596 Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19] Trey Radel R FL 19 2013-02-08 False B001280 Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] Kerry Bentivolio R MI L. 11 2013-02-08 False C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 2013-02-12 False Y000064 Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9] Todd Young R IN C. 9 2013-02-13 False R000587 Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] Reid Ribble R WI J. 8 2013-02-13 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2013-02-13 False B001269 Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] Lou Barletta R PA 11 2013-02-14 False M001182 Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] Mick Mulvaney R SC 5 2013-02-14 False Y000065 Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] Ted Yoho R FL S. 3 2013-02-25 False M001187 Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] Mark Meadows R NC 11 2013-02-25 False B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2013-02-25 False L000576 Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] Billy Long R MO 7 2013-02-28 False O000168 Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Pete Olson R TX 22 2013-03-07 False D000618 Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] Steve Daines R MT 0 2013-03-12 False R000592 Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] Todd Rokita R IN 4 2013-03-12 False B001273 Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] Diane Black R TN 6 2013-05-23 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget process Executive agency funding and structure Economics and Public Finance 00 2013-01-14 Introduced in House 2013-02-15T17:30:47Z Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013 - Requires the President to submit with materials related to each federal budget transmitted to Congress by January 1, 2015, a budget for each agency that contains:

  • a description of each activity for which an agency receives an appropriation in the current fiscal year or for which the agency requests an appropriation for the budget year;
  • the legal basis for each activity;
  • for each activity, three alternative funding levels for the budget year (at least two of which shall be below the funding level for the current fiscal year), a summary of the priorities that would be accomplished within each level, and the additional increments of value that would be added by the higher funding levels; and
  • for each activity one or more measures of its cost efficiency and effectiveness.

Requires the  Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to publish guidelines to carry out this Act that shall require: (1) the baseline budget of each agency to be assumed to be zero, and (2) each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were a new expenditure.

]]> Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013 Display Title Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of the Government. Introduced in House 2013-01-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr239ih/xml/BILLS-113hr239ih.xml 2013-01-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.