Social and Economic Equity Promotion Act
Latest action · Mar 19, 2021 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social and Economic Equity Promotion Act
This bill establishes the Division of Social and Economic Equity within the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the impact of legislation on equity.
Under the bill, equity is the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 52, March 19, 2021, page H1612.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish the Division of Social and Economic Equity in the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Social and Economic Equity Promotion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Budget process
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional oversight
- Due process and equal protection
- Economics and Public Finance
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
