Sec. 202. Zero-based budgeting
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Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The President shall submit with materials related to the budget transmitted under subsection
(a)on or after January 1, 2017, and not less than once every 4 years thereafter, a budget for each department and agency that contains the following information: 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 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. The legal basis for each activity described in subparagraph (A). For each activity described in subparagraph (A)— three alternative funding levels for the fiscal year in which the budget is submitted; a summary of the priorities that would be accomplished within each level; and the additional increments of value that would be added by the higher funding levels, not fewer than two of which shall be not greater than the funding level for the current fiscal year. For each activity, one or more measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness of the activity. As soon as practicable, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish guidelines to carry out this subsection, including guidelines that require that— the baseline budget of each department or agency is assumed to be zero; and each proposed expenditure shall be justified as if the proposed expenditure is a new expenditure. .