[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7438 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7438
To amend section 719 of title 31, United States Code, to require the
Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation
in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal
programs, offices, and initiatives, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 1, 2020
Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Lesko, Mr.
Grothman, Mr. Comer, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Perry, and
Mr. Yoho) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on
the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend section 719 of title 31, United States Code, to require the
Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation
in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal
programs, offices, and initiatives, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Duplication Scoring Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS OF REPORTED BILLS BY GAO.
Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(i)(1) In this subsection--
``(A) the term `covered bill or resolution' means a bill or
joint resolution of a public character reported by any
committee of Congress (including the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget of either
House);
``(B) the term `Director' means the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office;
``(C) the term `existing duplicative or overlapping
feature' means an element of the Federal Government previously
identified as an area of duplication, overlap, and
fragmentation in a GAO duplication and overlap report;
``(D) the term `GAO duplication and overlap report' means
each annual report prepared by the Comptroller General under
section 21 of the Joint Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution
increasing the statutory limit on the public debt', approved
February 12, 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note); and
``(E) the term `new duplicative or overlapping feature'
means a new Federal program, office, or initiative created
under a covered bill or joint resolution that would duplicate
or overlap with an existing duplicative or overlapping feature.
``(2) For each covered bill or joint resolution, to the extent
practicable, the Comptroller General shall determine the extent to
which the covered bill or joint resolution risks creating a new
duplicative or overlapping feature.
``(3) If the covered bill or joint resolution risks creating a new
duplicative or overlapping feature, the Comptroller General shall
prepare information that includes--
``(A) the name of the new Federal program, office, or
initiative; and
``(B) a reference to--
``(i) the section of the covered bill or joint
resolution in which the new duplicative or overlapping
feature is established; and
``(ii) the GAO duplication and overlap report in
which the existing duplicative or overlapping feature
is identified.
``(4) For the information prepared under paragraph (3) the
Comptroller General shall to the extent practicable--
``(A) submit such information to the Director; and
``(B) publish such information on the website of the
Government Accountability Office.
``(5) Subject to paragraph (3), the Director may include the
information submitted by the Comptroller General under subparagraph
(4)(A) with the estimate for the covered bill or joint resolution to
which the assessment pertains submitted by the Director under section
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653).
``(6) If the Comptroller General has not submitted to the Director
the information for a covered bill or joint resolution under paragraph
(4)(A) on the date on which the Director submits the estimate for the
covered bill or joint resolution to which the information pertains
under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
653), the Director may, on the date on which the Comptroller General
submits the information to the Director, prepare and submit to each
applicable committee a version of the estimate for the covered bill or
joint resolution that includes the information.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the earlier
of--
(1) the date that is 60 days after the date on which the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget next, in
accordance with section 1122(a) of title 31, United States
Code, updates the information made available on the website
required under that section; or
(2) the date on which a new Congress begins after the date
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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