,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #a1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,risch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,scott of      
,florida1 ,mr4 ,braun1 and ,mr4 ,budd7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require agencies submit zero-based      
budgets4  #a4 ,zero-based budgets  7a7  
,definition ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency 
,the term agency has the meaning given  
the term in section #eea of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,zero-based
 budget ,the term zero-based budget     
means a systematic budget analysis in   
support of decision making in which     
managers-- 7,a7 examine current         
objectives1 operations1 and costs2  7,b7
 consider alternative ways of carrying  
out a program or activity2 and  7,c7    
rank different programs or activities by
 order of importance to the             

organization4  7b7 ,zero-,based budgets 
,every sixth year1 each agency shall    
submit to the ,director of the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget and the      
,committee on the ,budget of the ,senate
 and the ,committee on the ,budget of   
the ,house of ,representatives a        
zero-based budget for the next fiscal   
year and each of the #d ensuing fiscal  
years4  7c7 ,recommendations ,in        
addition to the zero-based budget       
required under subsection 7b71 each     
agency1 except the ,department of       
,defense and the ,national ,nuclear     
,security ,administration shall submit  
recommendations for which programs      
,congress should cut or reduce          
appropriations in an amount that equals 
not less than a #b-percent reduction    
from the previous year appropriation in 
discretionary spending4