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H.R. 6874 115th Congress House

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

Official title: To require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to provide estimates relating to the distribution of aggregate economic growth across specific percentile groups of income.

Introduced: September 25, 2018 See on congress.gov
Commerce Economic performance and conditionsGovernment studies and investigationsWages and earnings
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Sep 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 Latest action September 25, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to include estimates pertaining to various income groups in its gross domestic product analyses. Such analyses shall include estimates pertaining to each of the 10 deciles of income as discreet groups and the highest 1% of income as a group.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3440 Identical bill Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Sep 25, 2018
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 25, 2018
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 25, 2018
Delaney, John
· Sep 25, 2018
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 25, 2018
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 25, 2018
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Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 25, 2018
LEVIN, SANDER
· Sep 25, 2018
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 25, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 25, 2018
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 25, 2018
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 25, 2018
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Takano, Mark
California · Sep 25, 2018
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 25, 2018
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6874: Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6874/
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"H.R. 6874: Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6874/.
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