119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 22, 2025
A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 22, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Economics and Public Finance
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 22, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Appropriations · Budget deficits and national debt · Budget process · Congressional oversight · Executive agency funding and structure
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NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t or below 3 percent of gross domestic product. S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$340,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ross domestic product. S. 2, Secure America Act S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 13, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t or below 3 percent of gross domestic product. S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…dment to the Constitution of the United States. S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035. S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…action under such Act, and for other purposes. S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ns Act, 2025 H.R. 2050, Homeland Heroes Pay Act S. 175, A bill to rescind unobligated balances appropriated for the IRS and use for an External Revenue Service S. 181, A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets. S. 360, To provide for across the board rescissions of non-security discretionary spending S. 481, Secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing