,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bahc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ah1     
#bjai,mr4 ,paul 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,hassan1 and ,mr4 ,lankford7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,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 initiatives4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,duplication ,scoring ,act of #bjai4    
#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 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    
resolution-- 7,a7 the ,comptroller      

,general shall--  7i7 prepare an        
assessment-- 7,i7 to determine whether  
the covered bill or joint resolution    
creates a new duplicative or overlapping
 feature2 and  7,,ii7 if the covered    
bill or joint resolution creates a new  
duplicative or overlapping feature1 that
 includes--  7aa7 the name of the new   
,federal program1 office1 or initiative2
 and  7bb7 a reference to-- 7,,aa7 the  
section of the covered bill or joint    
resolution at which the new duplicative 
or overlapping feature is established2  
and 7,,bb7 the ,,gao duplication and    
overlap report in which the existing    
duplicative or overlapping feature is   
identified2  7ii7 submit the assessment 
prepared under clause 7i7 to the        
,director2 and  7iii7 publish the       
assessment prepared under clause 7i7 on 
the website of the ,government          
,accountability ,office2 and  7,b7      
subject to paragraph 7#c71 the ,director
 may include the assessment submitted by
 the ,comptroller ,general under        

subparagraph 7,a77ii7 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#c7 ,if
 the ,comptroller ,general has not      
submitted to the ,director an assessment
 for a covered bill or joint resolution 
under paragraph 7#b77;,a77ii7 on the    
date on which the ,director submits the 
estimate for the covered bill or joint  
resolution to which the assessment      
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 assessment 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 assessment4
  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