FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 11th, 2025
Contact: Press_Paul@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343
Dr. Paul Reintroduces the Duplication Scoring Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) 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.
Background:
For over 10 years, the 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. The bill was reported favorably out of Committee by voice vote on March 29, 2023.
You can read the bill in its entirety HERE.
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