U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB2733: Duplication Scoring Act of 2025
Status: In committee, September 14, 2026
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 programs, offices, and initiatives.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, September 14, 2026:
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 programs, offices, and initiatives. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Duplication Scoring Act of 2025 . SECTION 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 joint 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, or 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 …
Sponsors
- Paul, Rand (R) · primary sponsor
- Margaret Hassan (D, SD-NH)
Latest actions
- : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.
- : Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- : Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Government Accountability Office (GAO), Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations, Government Operations and Politics, Congressional oversight, Legislative rules and procedure
Common questions
- What is SB2733?
- SB2733 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Duplication Scoring Act of 2025.
- What does SB2733 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of SB2733?
- In committee as of September 14, 2026. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566. (September 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB2733?
- Paul, Rand (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB2733?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2733
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