Duplication Reduction and Scoring Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2453
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2016-01-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Duplication Reduction and Scoring Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to coordinate with relevant federal agencies to: (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline federal programs and agencies with duplicate and overlapping missions identified in specified reports of the Government Accountability Office issued between 2011 and 2015; (2) determine the total cost savings from the use of such authority; and (3) rescind from appropriate accounts the greater of $10 billion or the total amount of estimated cost savings and apply the savings towards deficit reduction.</p> <p>The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to submit an analysis of whether any&nbsp;legislation reported from a congressional committee that creates a new federal program, office, or initiative would duplicate or overlap with any existing program, office, or initiative with a similar mission, purpose, or goal. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2453 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 20, 2016 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To consolidate duplicative and overlapping Federal programs and reduce spending.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Duplication Reduction and Scoring Act of 2016 . 2. Consolidating unnecessary duplicative and overlapping government programs (a) Definition In this section, the term GAO duplication and overlap reports means— (1) the March 2011 Government Accountability Office report to Congress entitled Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue (GAO–11–318SP); (2) the February 2012 Government Accountability Office report to Congress entitled 2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue (GAO–12–342SP); (3) the April 2013 Government Accountability Office report to Congress entitled 2013 Annual Report: Actions Needed to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits (GAO–13–279SP); (4) the April 2014 Government Accountability Office report to Congress entitled 2014 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits (GAO–14–343SP); and (5) the April 2015 Government Accountability Office report to Congress entitled 2015 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits (GAO–15–404SP). (b) Reducing duplication and overlap Notwithstanding any other provision of law and not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate with the heads of the relevant department and agencies to— (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline Government programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions identified in the GAO duplication and overlap reports; (2) identify and report to Congress any legislative changes required to further eliminate, consolidate, or streamline Government programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions identified in the GAO duplication and overlap reports; (3) determine the total cost savings that shall result to each agency, office, and department from the actions described in paragraph (1); and (4) rescind from the appropriate accounts and apply the savings towards deficit reduction the greater of— (A) $10,000,000,000; or (B) the total amount of cost savings estimated by paragraph (3). (c) Analysis of reported bills by CBO Section 202(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Duplicative and overlapping Government programs For each bill or joint resolution of a public character reported by any committee (including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to Congress an analysis of whether the bill or joint resolution creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap with 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 Federal program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or initiatives. .