,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ad1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,ross introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,budget  ,a ,,bill    
,to require zero-based budgeting for    
departments and agencies of the         
,government4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,zero-based    
,budgeting ,ensures ,responsible        
,oversight 7,,zero7 ,act of #bjac4  #b4 
,zero-based budgeting ,section #aaje of 
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7i7 7#a7 ,the
 ,president shall submit with materials 
related to each budget transmitted under
 subsection 7a7 on or after ,january #a1
 #bjae1 a budget for each department and
 agency which contains the following    
information3  7,a7 ,a description of    
each activity for which the department  
or agency receives an appropriation in  
the current fiscal year or for which the

 department or agency requests an       
appropriation for the budget year4  7,b7
 ,the legal basis for each activity4    
7,c7 ,for each activity1 three          
alternative funding levels for the      
budget year1 and a summary of the       
priorities that would be accomplished   
within each level1 and the additional   
increments of value that would be added 
by the higher funding levels4 ,at least 
two of these funding levels shall be    
below the funding level for the current 
fiscal year4  7,d7 ,for each activity1  
one or more measures of its cost        
efficiency and effectiveness4  7#b7 ,as 
soon as practicable1 the ,director of   
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
shall publish guidelines to carry out   
this subsection4 ,the guidelines shall  
require that the baseline budget of each
 department or agency is assumed to be  
zero and each proposed expenditure shall
 be justified as if it were a new       
expenditure4  4