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H.R. 5019 119th Congress House

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the rate of income tax of a publicly traded corporation based on the ratio of compensation of the corporat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the rate of income tax of a publicly traded corporation based on the ratio of compensation of the corporations highest paid employee to the median compensation of all the corporations employees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 22, 2025 Introduced by: Mark DeSaulnier Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Aug 22, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Cosponsors 2
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Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Nov 7, 2025
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5019: CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5019/
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"H.R. 5019: CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5019/.
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H.R. 5019, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5019/.
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[H.R. 5019: CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5019/)
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