House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Diversify Tech Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7314.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 24, February 9, 2024, Pages H543-H544):Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: To create a task force within the Department of Commerce to oversee and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the tech industry.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7314, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7314
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Trone (D-MD), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.