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. ... 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.
Introduce and advocate for passage of the Duplication Scoring Act to require GAO review of committee-reported bills for risk of duplicating or overlapping existing programs, and mandate GAO submit this assessment to CBO and the corresponding Committee.
Occurrences
Dr. Paul Reintroduces the Duplication Scoring Act
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act
Evidence
On September 11, 2025, Senator Rand Paul reintroduced the Duplication Scoring Act, aiming to reduce government size by eliminating duplicative programs and preventing further duplication within the federal government.
On September 12, 2025, Senators Maggie Hassan and Rand Paul reintroduced the Duplication Scoring Act to save taxpayer dollars by eliminating duplicative programs and preventing further duplication within the federal government.
On March 26, 2026, Representatives Tim Burchett and Melanie Stansbury introduced the Duplication Scoring Act in the House, requiring the GAO to review committee-reported bills for potential duplication of existing federal programs and share findings with the CBO for public release.
Assessments
Rand Paul fulfilled the promise to introduce and advocate for the Duplication Scoring Act in the Senate, which was in alignment with the stated campaign objective. There is clear evidence of multiple reintroductions and advocacy within the relevant time frame. However, there is no evidence the Act was passed into law or that its requirements were enacted. Therefore, while a serious legislative attempt was made, the promised outcome (passage and implementation) was not delivered.