House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
REPORTS Act
Official title: To require analyses of the impact of Government rules, programs, and policies on poverty and racial inequity, including the racial wealth gap, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikema Williams D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8950.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3671):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8950, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8950
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
28677922b76b6b2ee7c61f6070618f99390ee09770dd257a050bbc87f86c6450
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 June 23, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 4423 (119th) No New Burma Funds Act
- H.R. 1640 (119th) HEIRS Act of 2025
- H.Res. 30 (119th) Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
- H.Con.Res. 65 (119th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 4917 (119th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 4910 (119th) Sustaining Our Democracy Act
Related bills
- H.R. 10562 (118th) REPORTS ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 9223 (117th) REPORTS ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.