119th Congress
S. 181
A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- James E. Risch(R-ID)
- Introduced
- Jan 22, 2025
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (7)
Original cosponsors (6)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
Added later (1)
- David McCormick (R-PA) · Aug 4, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 22, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. - Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate