REPORTS Act
Sponsored By: Representative Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced
Summary
Requires poverty and racial inequity impact reviews for major federal rules and program evaluations. This bill would require agencies to publish analyses showing how proposed major rules affect people at, near, or below the poverty line and racial inequity, and it would direct the Government Accountability Office to publish yearly reports examining program impacts on the same issues.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Agency rule poverty and race analysis
This bill would require federal agencies to publish, with any proposed notice for a "major rule" in the Federal Register, an analysis of the rule's actual or potential impact on people living at, near, or below the poverty line. It would also require an analysis of the rule's impact on racial inequity. Agencies could include an analysis of the racial wealth gap at the agency head's discretion. The requirement would take effect upon enactment.
GAO reports on poverty and inequity
This bill would require the Comptroller General to publish one electronic report in the calendar year one year after enactment, and one report each year for the next nine years. Each report would review 2 to 5 federal programs or policies that had a substantial economic impact in the past five fiscal years. Each report would examine actual or potential impacts on people living at, near, or below the poverty line and on racial inequity. The Comptroller General could include analysis of the racial wealth gap at their discretion.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
MD • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
AL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Roll Call Votes
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