FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

September 9th, 2025

Contact: Press_Paul@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343

Dr. Paul, Sen. Hassan Reintroduce the Duplication Scoring Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced the Duplication Scoring Act, which seeks to reduce the size of government by eliminating duplicative programs and prevent further duplication within the federal government.

“As we fight to rein in current wasteful spending, this reform would better enable Congress to make more fully informed decisions by adding a layer of oversight that will help stop waste in government before it ever happens,” said Dr. Paul. 

“Preventing even more duplicative programs within the federal government is a commonsense way to prevent wasteful government spending,” said Senator Hassan. “This bipartisan bill will save taxpayer dollars and resources, and I will continue working to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.”

Background:

For over 10 years, Government Accountability Office (GAO) has documented more than 1,800 cases of duplicative programs. In its most recent report, GAO found the U.S. government has saved about $600 billion by adopting GAO’s recommendations. However, these savings only account for just over 66 percent of GAO’s identified programs, suggesting billions of taxpayer dollars are still being wasted on duplicative programs. While it will take time to eradicate all of the identified duplicative programs, this bill would work to prevent Congress from standing up these programs in the first place. 

The Duplication Scoring Act seeks to prevent the passage of fragmented, overlapping, and duplicative government programs by: 

• Requiring GAO to review each committee-reported bill or joint resolution and determine if it at risk of duplicating or overlapping with an existing program, office, or initiative previously identified in a GAO duplication, fragmentation, and overlap report.

• Requiring GAO to submit this assessment to the director of CBO and the corresponding Committee.

The Duplication Scoring Act was last introduced in 2023 in the 118th Congress on a bipartisan basis, led by Dr. Paul and Sen. Hassan. 

You can read the bill in its entirety HERE.

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