H.R. 5298
119th Congress
House
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a corporate tax rate increase on companies whose ratio of compensation of the CEO or other highest paid em… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a corporate tax rate increase on companies whose ratio of compensation of the CEO or other highest paid employee to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 10, 2025
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4168-4169)
Sep 10, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
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- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- PUBLIC CITIZEN
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Reserve System
Cosponsors
29
D
Grijalva, Adelita S.
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Dexter, Maxine
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Foushee, Valerie P.
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Goldman, Daniel S.
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Cohen, Steve
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Brownley, Julia
D
Thanedar, Shri
D
Casar, Greg
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Balint, Becca
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Deluzio, Christopher R.
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Huffman, Jared
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Jackson, Jonathan L.
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Khanna, Ro
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Lee, Summer L.
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Meng, Grace
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Pallone, Frank
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Pingree, Chellie
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Pressley, Ayanna
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Ramirez, Delia C.
D
Randall, Emily
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Simon, Lateefah
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5298: Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5298/
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