3.0.0 507 2023-01-11T13:34:24Z 2023-01-11T13:34:24Z House HR 2017-01-12 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROSS:H.R. 507.Congress has the power toenact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H473]]]> hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-01-12T15:04:30Z Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 2018 115 5214 HR 2018-03-08 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2017-01-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2017-01-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000593 Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15] Dennis Ross R FL A. 15 N S000244 Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] F. SENSENBRENNER R WI JAMES 5 2017-06-07 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget process Executive agency funding and structure Economics and Public Finance 00 2017-01-12 Introduced in House 2017-01-27T20:08:00Z Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2017

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.

]]> Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2017 Display Title Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of the Government. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr507ih/xml/BILLS-115hr507ih.xml 2017-01-12 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.