# 114-hr-6242: CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

114-hr-6242, CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6242
- Congress: 114
- Title: CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase 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, and (2) decrease the rate for publicly traded corporations that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees less than 50 times the median compensation of all their U.S. employees.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6443: Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act
- 114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act
- 114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act
- 114-hr-6323: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, California, the "Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center".
- 114-hr-6322: Norman Yoshio Mineta Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-6242 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6242)

## Related
- [114-hr-6443: Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6443)
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
- [114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6377)
- [114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6340)
- [114-hr-6323: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, Ca…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6323)
- [114-hr-6322: Norman Yoshio Mineta Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6322)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6242 (as of 2025-11-18).