House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ESG Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on climate change and other environmental disclosures in the municipal bond market, and to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on the solicitation of municipal securities business.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Barr R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2358.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 55, March 26, 2025, Page H1302):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2358, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 20, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 747 (119th) Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025
- H.R. 10184 (119th) Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026
- H.R. 478 (119th) Promoting New Bank Formation Act
- H.R. 2702 (119th) FIRM Act
- H.R. 2405 (119th) The White Oak Resilience Act
- H.R. 3484 (119th) Business Owners Protection Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.