Sec. 6. Authorization for new programs
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Whenever any committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives reports legislation authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for a program for which there has previously been no authorization, the committee shall include in the report accompanying the legislation— an identification of the objectives and purposes of the new program and the problems or needs that the new program is intended to address; a description of other programs which seek to accomplish the same general purpose or purposes; whether the program will conflict with, overlap, or duplicate any existing programs and, if the program will conflict with, overlap, or duplicate an existing program, a discussion of how the program will work with the existing program; how the program will operate with existing programs to promote the common objective or objectives of all similar programs; the consequences of failing to achieve the purposes of the new program; what other alternatives, including tax expenditures and private resources, were considered as alternatives and why the alternatives were not recommended; what changes were considered in existing programs to coordinate the programs with the new program and the reasons for changing or not changing existing programs; a projection of the anticipated needs for and accomplishments of the program, including an estimate of when, and the condition under which, the program will have fulfilled the objectives for which the program was established; and a statement of the constitutional authority pursuant to which the bill or joint resolution is to be enacted.