HR 2576 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

Latest action · May 8, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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. IntroducedMay 8, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

This bill requires the President to include information in each budget regarding executive agency expenditures for advertising services, including expenditures for the advertising services of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses and of women and minority-owned businesses.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2019 to Oct 16, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeMay 10, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreMay 10, 2019
D-CTJohn B. LarsonMay 14, 2019
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonMay 20, 2019
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMay 22, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarMay 22, 2019
D-CTJahana HayesMay 22, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanJun 3, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeJun 3, 2019
D-OHJoyce BeattyJun 20, 2019
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldJul 2, 2019
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOct 4, 2019
D-CAKaren BassOct 16, 2019

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Referred May 8, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2019Introduced in House
  2. May 8, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E559)
  3. May 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E559Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DCMay 8, 2019

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: clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 76, May 8, 2019, pages H3502, H3501.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7252Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability ActReintroduced BillMar 28, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require a report on expenditures for contracts for advertising services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2019Introduced in House

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