[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 427 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 427

    To prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal 
                               programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2012

   Mr. Coburn (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    To prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal 
                               programs.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Preventing Duplicative and 
Overlapping Government Programs Resolution''.

SEC. 2. REPORTED LEGISLATION.

    Paragraph 11 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (c), by striking ``and (b)'' and 
        inserting ``(b), and (c)'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (c) and subparagraph (d); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following:
    ``(c) The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of a 
public character reported by any committee (including the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall contain--
            ``(1) an analysis by the Congressional Research Service to 
        determine if the bill or joint resolution creates any new 
        Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or 
        overlap any existing Federal program, office, or initiative 
        with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with 
        a listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Federal 
        program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or 
        initiatives; and
            ``(2) an explanation provided by the committee as to why 
        the creation of each new program, office, or initiative is 
        necessary if a similar program or programs, office or offices, 
        or initiative or initiatives already exist.''.

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION.

    Rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
inserting at the end thereof the following:
    ``6. (a) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to any 
bill or joint resolution unless the committee of jurisdiction has 
prepared and posted on the committee website an overlapping and 
duplicative programs analysis and explanation for the bill or joint 
resolution as described in subparagraph (b) prior to proceeding.
    ``(b) The analysis and explanation required by this subparagraph 
shall contain--
            ``(1) an analysis by the Congressional Research Service to 
        determine if the bill or joint resolution creates any new 
        Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or 
        overlap any existing Federal program, office, or initiative 
        with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities along with 
        a listing of all of the overlapping or duplicative Federal 
        program or programs, office or offices, or initiative or 
        initiatives; and
            ``(2) an explanation provided by the committee as to why 
        the creation of each new program, office, or initiative is 
        necessary if a similar program or programs, office or offices, 
        or initiative or initiatives already exist.
    ``(c) This paragraph may be waived by joint agreement of the 
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate upon their 
certification that such waiver is necessary as a result of--
            ``(1) a significant disruption to Senate facilities or to 
        the availability of the Internet; or
            ``(2) an emergency as determined by the leaders.''.
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