HR5019-119

Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the rate of income tax of a publicly traded corporation based on the ratio of compensation of the corporations highest paid employee to the median compensation of all the corporations employees, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Aug 22, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a tax rate change, appropriation, reporting req provision: 2 and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, procurement, definition change provision: 3. It relies on tax rate changes, appropriations, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Finance and Labor.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Reduces a tax rate change, appropriation, reporting req provision: 2.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, procurement, definition change provision: 3.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a tax rate change, appropriation, reporting req provision: 2 and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, procurement, definition change provision: 3.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Labor

Primary Purpose

The bill reduces a tax rate change, appropriation, reporting req provision: 2 and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, procurement, definition change provision: 3.

Policy Domains

Finance Labor

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Aug 22, 2025

Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
Domains
Government Contracting
Actor Mappings
"head_of_executive_agency"
→ Head of an executive agency (contracting officer)

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"compensation (for CEO/highest paid)" §H950C8EBF6A7A4A8A9B94130749C15FD9

Total compensation as reported in SEC Summary Compensation Table per Item 402 of Regulation S-K.

"compensation (for employees)" §H96ACCD860D6B4EEB85E2B30281B239DB

Wages as defined in IRC section 3121(a) paid during the calendar year.

"compensation ratio" §HEED64AAA178C4F2ABED06D3BFED7AB5E

Ratio of the greater of CEO or highest-paid employee compensation to median compensation of all U.S. employees of the company.

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