HR 989 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To codify Executive Order 11246 titled "Equal Employment Opportunity".

Latest action · Feb 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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. IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 92

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2025 to Aug 5, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 5, 2025
D-MNBetty McCollumFeb 6, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanFeb 6, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisFeb 6, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonFeb 6, 2025
D-MOEmanuel CleaverFeb 6, 2025
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonFeb 6, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinFeb 6, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverFeb 6, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibFeb 6, 2025
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Feb 6, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickFeb 6, 2025
D-TXSylvester TurnerFeb 6, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsFeb 7, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Feb 7, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeFeb 7, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonFeb 10, 2025
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyFeb 10, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernFeb 10, 2025
D-OHJoyce BeattyFeb 10, 2025
D-WIMark PocanFeb 10, 2025
D-CAMaxine WatersFeb 10, 2025
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiFeb 10, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveFeb 10, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterFeb 10, 2025
D-CTJoe CourtneyFeb 11, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasFeb 12, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellFeb 12, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossFeb 12, 2025
D-NVDina TitusFeb 12, 2025
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Feb 12, 2025
D-MNIlhan OmarFeb 12, 2025
D-ORJanelle S. BynumFeb 12, 2025
D-CAJared HuffmanFeb 12, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanFeb 12, 2025
D-HIJill N. TokudaFeb 12, 2025
D-CTJohn B. LarsonFeb 12, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeFeb 12, 2025
D-FLLois FrankelFeb 12, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsFeb 12, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalFeb 12, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeFeb 12, 2025
D-ALTerri A. SewellFeb 12, 2025
D-WIGwen MooreFeb 13, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettFeb 13, 2025
D-ALShomari FiguresFeb 13, 2025
D-OHGreg LandsmanFeb 14, 2025
D-NJRobert MenendezFeb 14, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezFeb 24, 2025
D-NCAlma S. AdamsFeb 24, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyFeb 24, 2025
D-MDJohnny Olszewski, Jr.Feb 24, 2025
D-CABrad ShermanFeb 25, 2025
D-INFrank J. MrvanFeb 25, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyFeb 26, 2025
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaMar 3, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalMar 3, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuMar 4, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandMar 4, 2025
D-MDSteny H. HoyerMar 4, 2025
D-PADwight EvansMar 10, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerMar 10, 2025
D-TXLizzie FletcherMar 11, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezMar 26, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyMar 26, 2025
D-MOWesley BellMar 26, 2025
D-CTJahana HayesApr 7, 2025
D-CARo KhannaApr 7, 2025
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingApr 17, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioApr 24, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerApr 24, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarApr 24, 2025
D-MNKelly MorrisonMay 8, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonMay 8, 2025
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonMay 8, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeMay 13, 2025
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.May 13, 2025
D-CALinda T. SánchezMay 13, 2025
D-ILNikki BudzinskiMay 13, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMay 13, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyMay 15, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleyJun 3, 2025
D-COJoe NeguseJun 3, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasJun 3, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJun 3, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariJun 3, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJun 5, 2025
D-VASuhas SubramanyamJun 5, 2025
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJun 24, 2025
D-DESarah McBrideJun 24, 2025
D-AZGreg StantonJul 14, 2025
D-ILLauren UnderwoodAug 5, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 5, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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
HouseDebate and remarks H1844Shontel M. Brown D-OHMay 5, 2025

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 I Section VIII

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H505.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To codify Executive Order 11246 titled "Equal Employment Opportunity".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House

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