Duplication Scoring Act of 2021

II Calendar No. 308 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 664 [Report No. 117–94] To require the Comptroller General of the United States to review certain legislation in order to identify potential risks of duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 10, 2021 Mr. PAUL (for himself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. ERNST, and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- fairs MARCH 16, 2022 Reported by Mr. PETERS, with amendments [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to review certain legislation in order to identify potential risks of duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S664.RS S664 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 664 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Duplication Scoring 2 Act of 2021’’. 3 SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS OF REPORTED BILLS BY GAO. 4 Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is 5 amended by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(i)(1) In this subsection— 7 ‘‘(A) the term ‘covered bill or joint resolution’ 8 means a bill or joint resolution of a public character 9 reported by any committee of Congress (including 10 the Committee on Appropriations and the Com- 11 mittee on the Budget of either House); 12 ‘‘(B) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 13 the Congressional Budget Office; 14 ‘‘(C) the term ‘existing duplicative or overlap- 15 ping feature’ means an element of the Federal Gov- 16 ernment previously identified as an area of duplica- 17 tion, overlap, or fragmentation in a GAO duplication 18 and overlap report; 19 ‘‘(D) the term ‘GAO duplication and overlap re- 20 port’ means each annual report prepared by the 21 Comptroller General under section 21 of Public Law 22 111–139 the Joint Resolution entitled ‘Joint Resolu- 23 tion increasing the statutory limit on the public debt’, 24 approved February 12, 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note); 25 and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S664.RS S664 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 664 RS ‘‘(E) the term ‘new duplicative or overlapping 1 feature’ means a new Federal program, office, or 2 initiative created under a covered bill or joint resolu- 3 tion that would duplicate or overlap with an existing 4 duplicative or overlapping feature. 5 ‘‘(2) For each covered bill or joint resolution— 6 ‘‘(A) the Comptroller General shall, to the ex- 7 tent practicable— 8 ‘‘(i) determine the extent to which the cov- 9 ered bill or joint resolution creates a risk of a 10 new duplicative or overlapping feature and, if 11 the risk so warrants, identify— 12 ‘‘(I) the name of the new Federal pro- 13 gram, office, or initiative; 14 ‘‘(II) the section of the covered bill or 15 joint resolution at which the new duplica- 16 tive or overlapping feature is established; 17 and 18 ‘‘(III) the GAO duplication and over- 19 lap report in which the existing duplicative 20 or overlapping feature is identified; and 21 ‘‘(ii) submit the information described in 22 clause (i) to the Director and the committee 23 that reported the covered bill or joint resolu- 24 tion; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S664.RS S664 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 664 RS ‘‘(iii) publish the information prepared 1 under clause (i) on the website of the Govern- 2 ment Accountability Office; and 3 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), the Director 4 may include the information submitted by the Comp- 5 troller General under subparagraph (A)(ii) as a sup- 6 plement to the estimate for the covered bill or joint 7 resolution to which the information pertains sub- 8 mitted by the Director under section 402 of the 9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653). 10 ‘‘(3) If the Comptroller General has not submitted 11 to the Director the information for a covered bill or joint 12 resolution under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) on the date on 13 which the Director submits the estimate for the covered 14 bill or joint resolution to which the information pertains 15 under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 16 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), the Director may, on the date on 17 which the Comptroller General submits the information to 18 the Director, prepare and submit to each applicable com- 19 mittee the information as a supplement to the estimate 20 for the covered bill or joint resolution.’’. 21 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 22 The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 23 on the earlier of— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S664.RS S664 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 664 RS (1) the date that is 60 days after the date on 1 which the Director of the Office of Management and 2 Budget next, in accordance with section 1122(a) 3 (2)(D)(i) of title 31, United States Code, updates 4 the information made available on the single website 5 required under that section; or 6 (2) the date on which a new Congress begins 7 after the date that is 1 year after the date of enact- 8 ment of this Act. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S664.RS S664 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 308 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 664 [Report No. 117–94] A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to review certain legislation in order to identify potential risks of duplication of and over- lap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives. 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