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HOUSE 1284118th CongressReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

Last Action
3/1/2023

Actions

  • 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.
  • 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.
  • 2023-03-01Introduced in House
  • 2023-03-01Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-03-01 (00)

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

This bill increases the corporate income tax rate for publicly traded corporations that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees more than 100 times the median compensation of all their U.S. employees or that increase the number of contracted or foreign employees.

The bill also requires an executive agency, in the evaluation of bids or proposals for federal contracts, to give preference to a bidder that has a compensation ratio of highly paid to all employees of less than 50 to 1 in the previous calendar year.

Cosponsors (7)

  • Jared Huffman (D-CA)
  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
  • Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN)
  • Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
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