IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 349 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prevent duplicative 
and overlapping government programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2011 
Mrs. MYRICK (for herself and Mr. COOPER) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
prevent duplicative and overlapping government programs. 
Resolved, That clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(i)(1) The report accompanying each bill or joint 
resolution of a public character reported by any committee 
(including the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on the Budget) shall contain— 
‘‘(A) an analysis by the Congressional Research 
Service to determine if the bill or joint resolution 
creates any new Federal program, office, or initia-
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tive that would duplicate or overlap any existing 
Federal program, office, or initiative with similar 
mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with a 
listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Fed-
eral program or programs, office or offices, or initia-
tive or initiatives; and 
‘‘(B) an explanation provided by the committee 
as to why the creation of each new program, office, 
or initiative is necessary if a similar program or pro-
grams, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives 
exist. 
‘‘(2)(A) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or 
joint resolution described in subparagraph (1) unless the 
committee of jurisdiction has prepared and posted on its 
website an overlapping and duplicative program analysis 
and explanation for the bill or joint resolution. 
‘‘(B) The analysis and explanation required by this 
subparagraph shall contain— 
‘‘(i) an analysis by the Congressional Research 
Service to determine if the bill or joint resolution 
creates any new Federal program, office, or initia-
tive that would duplicate or overlap any existing 
Federal program, office, or initiative with similar 
mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with a 
listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Fed-
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eral program or programs, office or offices, or initia-
tive or initiatives; and 
‘‘(ii) an explanation provided by the committee 
as to why the creation of each new program, office, 
or initiative is necessary if a similar program or pro-
grams, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives 
exist. 
‘‘(C) This subparagraph may be waived by joint 
agreement of the majority leader and the minority leader 
upon their certification that such waiver is necessary as 
a result of a significant disruption to House facilities or 
to the availability of the Internet or for a bill or joint reso-
lution that carries an emergency designation.’’. 
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