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H.R. 707 116th Congress House

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019

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: January 22, 2019 See on congress.gov
Commerce Economic performance and conditionsGovernment studies and investigationsWages and earnings
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 22, 2019
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 Latest action January 22, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019

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 3102 Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 19
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 8, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Jan 8, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 18, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 18, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 12, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Jun 25, 2019
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 22, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jan 22, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 22, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 707: Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-707/
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"H.R. 707: Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-707/.
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