H.R. 6492 119th Congress House

ESOP Act

Official title: To change the percentage of outstanding stock that must be held through an employee stock ownership plan for the purposes of the pilot program to incentivize c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To change the percentage of outstanding stock that must be held through an employee stock ownership plan for the purposes of the pilot program to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 5, 2025 Introduced by: Cory Mills Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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Dec 5, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Dec 5, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
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NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
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NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
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NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
7 filings
Bureau of Economic Analysis
7 filings
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
7 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
7 filings
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
7 filings
Energy, Dept of
7 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
7 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
7 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6492: ESOP Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6492/

MLA

"H.R. 6492: ESOP Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6492/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 6492, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6492/.

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