,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #a1 #bjbj,mr4  
,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4  
,harris1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1 ,mr4 ,grothman1  
,mr4 ,comer1 ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,perry1 and ,mr4    
,yoho7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committees on the ,budget1 and  
,rules1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend section #gai of title #ca1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to require the          
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to analyze certain legislation  
in order to prevent duplication of and  
overlap with existing ,federal programs1
 offices1 and initiatives1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,duplication        

,scoring ,act of #bjbj4  #b4            
,assessments of reported bills by ,,gao 
,section #gai of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7i7 7#a7 ,in    
this subsection-- 7,a7 the term covered 
bill or resolution means a bill or joint
 resolution of a public character       
reported by any committee of ,congress  
7including the ,committee on            
,appropriations and the ,committee on   
the ,budget of either ,house72  7,b7 the
 term ,director means the ,director of  
the ,congressional ,budget ,office2     
7,c7 the term existing duplicative or   
overlapping feature means an element of 
the ,federal ,government previously     
identified as an area of duplication1   
overlap1 and fragmentation in a ,,gao   
duplication and overlap report2  7,d7   
the term ,,gao duplication and overlap  
report means each annual report prepared
 by the ,comptroller ,general under     
section #ba of the ,joint ,resolution   
entitled ,joint ,resolution increasing  

the statutory limit on the public debt1 
approved ,february #ab1 #bjaj 7#ca      
,u4,s4,c4 #gab note72 and  7,e7 the term
 new duplicative or overlapping feature 
means a new ,federal program1 office1 or
 initiative created under a covered bill
 or joint resolution that would         
duplicate or overlap with an existing   
duplicative or overlapping feature4     
7#b7 ,for each covered bill or joint    
resolution1 to the extent practicable1  
the ,comptroller ,general shall         
determine the extent to which the       
covered bill or joint resolution risks  
creating a new duplicative or           
overlapping feature4  7#c7 ,if the      
covered bill or joint resolution risks  
creating a new duplicative or           
overlapping feature1 the ,comptroller   
,general shall prepare information that 
includes-- 7,a7 the name of the new     
,federal program1 office1 or initiative2
 and  7,b7 a reference to-- 7i7 the     
section of the covered bill or joint    
resolution in which the new duplicative 

or overlapping feature is established2  
and  7ii7 the ,,gao duplication and     
overlap report in which the existing    
duplicative or overlapping feature is   
identified4  7#d7 ,for the information  
prepared under paragraph 7#c7 the       
,comptroller ,general shall to the      
extent practicable-- 7,a7 submit such   
information to the ,director2 and  7,b7 
publish such information on the website 
of the ,government ,accountability      
,office4  7#e7 ,subject to paragraph    
7#c71 the ,director may include the     
information submitted by the            
,comptroller ,general under subparagraph
 7#d77;,a7 with the estimate for the    
covered bill or joint resolution to     
which the assessment pertains submitted 
by the ,director under section #djb of  
the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fec74  7#f7 ,if the     
,comptroller ,general has not submitted 
to the ,director the information for a  
covered bill or joint resolution under  
paragraph 7#d77;,a7 on the date on which

 the ,director submits the estimate for 
the covered bill or joint resolution to 
which the information pertains under    
section #djb of the ,congressional      
,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4     
#fec71 the ,director may1 on the date on
 which the ,comptroller ,general submits
 the information to the ,director1      
prepare and submit to each applicable   
committee a version of the estimate for 
the covered bill or joint resolution    
that includes the information4  4  #c4  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
this ,act shall take effect on the      
earlier of-- 7#a7 the date that is #fj  
days after the date on which the        
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget next1 in accordance with    
section #aabb7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code1 updates the information  
made available on the website required  
under that section2 or  7#b7 the date on
 which a new ,congress begins after the 
date that is #a year after the date of  
enactment of this ,act4