# 119-hr-8950: REPORTS Act

119-hr-8950, REPORTS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA); status introduced (as of 2026-06-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8950
- Congress: 119
- Title: REPORTS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-24

## Summary

**Would require agencies and the Comptroller General to analyze how major rules and large programs affect poverty and racial inequity.** This bill would push detailed poverty and racial-equity checks into rulemaking and into annual program reviews to surface impacts and the potential racial wealth gap. - Agencies would have to publish, with any Federal Register notice for a major rule, an analysis of the actual or potential effects on people living at, near, or below the poverty line and on racial inequity. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget would set the definitions agencies use for poverty line, racial inequity, and racial wealth gap for those analyses. - The Comptroller General would publish an electronic report starting one year after enactment and each year for nine years. Each report would examine 2 to 5 government programs or policies with substantial economic impact from the past five fiscal years and analyze their actual or potential effects on people in or near poverty and on racial inequity. Reports may include analysis of the racial wealth gap at the Comptroller General's discretion.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Agency rule analyses on poverty and race: benefit, medium. If enacted, federal agencies would have to include an analysis with any proposed "major rule" notice in the Federal Register. The analysis would describe the actual or potential impact of the rule on people living at, near, or below the poverty line and on racial inequity. Agencies could choose whe…
- GAO annual reports on poverty and race: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Comptroller General would publish one electronic report each year for ten years. The first report would come in the calendar year one year after enactment, and each report would study two to five government programs or policies that had a substantial economic impact in the past five…
- Who defines poverty, rule terms: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would use existing law to decide who counts as an "agency" and what is a "major rule" by adopting the meanings in 5 U.S.C. 551 and 5 U.S.C. 804. The Office of Management and Budget would define "poverty line," "racial inequity," and "racial wealth gap" for agency analyses. The…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8950 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8950)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8950 (as of 2026-06-24).