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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10289 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
by requiring a distribution analysis of a bill or resolution under certain 
circumstances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2024 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on 
Rules, and Ways and Means, 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 by requiring a distribution analysis 
of a bill or resolution under certain circumstances, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Analysis by In-
come and Race Scoring Act’’ or the ‘‘FAIR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Wealth inequality is steadily rising in the 
United States, and, as the disparities between the 
richest Americans and the poorest Americans widen, 
White Americans have grown disproportionately 
wealthier, while the median wealth of Black Ameri-
cans has stagnated. 
(2) In 1968, and with the amounts adjusted for 
inflation, the median middle-class Black household 
had $6,674 in wealth, while the median middle-class 
White household had $70,786 in wealth, and in 
2016, the median middle-class Black household had 
$13,024 in wealth compared to $149,703 for the 
median White household. 
(3) As of 2019, the typical White family has 8 
times the wealth of the typical Black family and 5 
times the wealth of the typical Hispanic family. 
(4) As of 2019, White families have the highest 
level of both median and mean family wealth at 
$188,200 and $983,400, respectively. Black and 
Hispanic families have considerably less wealth than 
White families. Black families’ median and mean 
wealth is less than 15 percent that of White families, 
at $24,100 and $142,500, respectively. Hispanic 
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families’ median and mean wealth is $36,100 and 
$165,500, respectively. 
(5) In 2023, the median annual income for 
households led by Asian-Americans was $112,200, 
compared with $89,050 for non-Hispanic White-led 
households, $56,490 for Black-led households, and 
$65,540 for Hispanic-led households. 
(6) As of the second quarter of 2024, the me-
dian usual weekly earnings for full-time wage and 
salary workers for White workers were roughly 24 
percent more than for Black workers and roughly 29 
percent more than for Hispanic workers. 
(7) As of the second quarter of 2024, women 
earned roughly 81 cents for every dollar paid to 
men, as measured by median usual weekly earnings 
for full time wage and salary workers, and for every 
dollar paid to White men, Black women earned 
roughly 71 cents, and Hispanic women earned 
roughly 65 cents. 
(8) Different groups within the Asian American 
and Pacific Islander community have unique experi-
ences with economic discrimination. For example, 
between 2015 and 2019, Hmong women earned 60 
cents for every dollar paid to White men. 
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(9) Disparities in wealth between genders are 
even more stark. As of 2022, the median net worth 
for female-led households was $58,080, whereas 
male-led households had a median net worth of 
$82,200, and a study from 2013 showed that single 
Black women and single Hispanic women had a me-
dian wealth averaging less than a penny for every 
dollar of wealth owned by single White non-Hispanic 
men. 
(10) Informed and well-designed policies are 
needed to curb the growing inequality between 
Americans of different races and income levels, and 
in order to meet this need, Congress needs access to 
standardized, reliable information about the socio-
economic consequences of the legislation it enacts. 
SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY INCOME AND RACE. 
(a) CBO ESTIMATES.—Section 402 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 653) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), and before 
the flush text, the following: 
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‘‘(4) for a bill or joint resolution that has a 
gross budgetary effect of at least 0.1 percent of the 
gross domestic product of the United States in any 
fiscal year within the budget window— 
‘‘(A) a distribution analysis by income 
showing the transfers that would result in dol-
lars and as a percent change in after-tax-and- 
transfer income for as many years in the budg-
et as is necessary to illustrate the anticipated 
effects; and 
‘‘(B) a distribution analysis by race show-
ing the transfers that would result in dollars 
and as a percent change in after-tax-and-trans-
fer income for as many years in the budget as 
is necessary to illustrate the anticipated ef-
fects.’’; and 
(4) in the flush text following paragraph (4), as 
added by paragraph (3) of this subsection, by strik-
ing ‘‘and description’’ and inserting ‘‘description, 
and analyses’’. 
(b) JCT ESTIMATES.—Section 201(f) of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 601(f)) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘and distribution analyses’’ 
after ‘‘revenue estimates’’ each place the term ap-
pears; and 
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘The Budg-
et Committees of the Senate and the House’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Committee on the Budget of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY GENDER. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice shall— 
(1) prepare a report describing methods appro-
priate for conducting distribution analyses by gender 
for major legislation, including strengths and weak-
nesses of different approaches; and 
(2) submit such report to the chairs and rank-
ing members of the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives. 
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