HR 6874 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

Introduced Sep 25, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 25, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 25, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to include estimates pertaining to various income groups in its gross domestic product analyses. Such analyses shall include estimates pertaining to each of the 10 deciles of income as discreet groups and the highest 1% of income as a group.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 25, 2018 to Nov 14, 2018; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-ILBill FosterOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalSep 25, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 25, 2018
D-CAEric SwalwellNov 14, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Sep 25, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Sep 25, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 158, September 25, 2018, page H8885.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
115-416EXAMINING THE RISE OF AMERICAN EARNINGS AND LIVING STANDARDS72 pagesJoint Economic CommitteeSep 26, 2018

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 707Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019Reintroduced BillJan 22, 2019
S 3440Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018Identical billSep 17, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to provide estimates relating to the distribution of aggregate economic growth across specific percentile groups of income.
Short Titles as Introduced
Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2018Introduced in House

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