# Plain Language Summary: Government Duplication Study Bill

This bill requires federal government agencies to study and report on duplicate functions within their departments. Essentially, it's asking different parts of the government to look for places where multiple agencies are doing the same job, wasting time and money in the process.

The bill directs executive branch agencies to identify overlapping programs, services, and administrative functions. For example, if three different federal departments each have their own separate training program that teaches the same material, that's the kind of duplication this bill wants to uncover. Once agencies complete their studies, they're supposed to report their findings back to Congress so lawmakers can see where taxpayer money might be getting wasted through redundancy.

The practical impact is that this could lead to consolidation efforts down the road. If Congress sees that multiple agencies are doing identical work, they might pass follow-up legislation to merge those functions, eliminate duplicate positions, or redirect funding to more efficient operations. For taxpayers, the potential benefit is reduced government waste. For federal employees, it could mean job changes or consolidations if their agency's functions get merged with another department. The bill itself doesn't make any immediate changes—it's primarily a fact-finding exercise to give Congress better information about how government resources are currently being used.

To require certain agencies in the executive branch of the Federal government to conduct a study on duplicative functions, and for other purposes.

Cawthorn, Madison

This bill requires specified agencies in the executive branch of the federal government to conduct a study on duplicative functions. Specifically, such agencies (which include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency) must <ul> <li>identity functions that duplicate the functions of other specified agencies;</li> <li> calculate the annual cost of such duplicative functions; and </li> <li> analyze solutions for eliminating such duplicative functions, including identifying which agency is best suited to have sole responsibility for such functions. </li> </ul> Such agencies must jointly submit a consolidated report to Congress on the results. <ul> </ul> <ul> </ul>