This bill, the Duplication Scoring Act of 2026, requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to review bills and joint resolutions that are reported by congressional committees to see if they would create new programs, offices, or initiatives that duplicate or overlap with things already identified as duplicative in GAO reports. The bill defines key terms (for example, what counts as a covered bill, an existing duplicative feature, and a new duplicative feature). When the GAO finds a possible duplication or overlap, it must identify the name of the new item, the section of the bill where it is created, and the GAO report that lists the existing duplicative or overlapping feature. The GAO must give this information to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the committee that reported the bill, and publish it on the GAO website. The CBO may add that information as a supplement to its budget estimate for the bill. The bill also sets an effective date tied to an OMB website update or the start of a new Congress within about a year of enactment.
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The bill aims to prevent creation of new duplicative or overlapping Federal programs by requiring GAO review of reported bills and by sharing findings with the CBO and reporting committees. The bill calls for public posting of the GAO findings on the GAO website and for CBO to be able to include the findings as a supplement to its estimate.
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