Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-7252
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to include information in each budget regarding executive agency expenditures for advertising services, including expenditures for the advertising services of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses and of women and minority-owned businesses.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7252 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 28, 2022 Ms. Norton (for herself, Ms. Bass , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , and Ms. Lee of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To require a report on expenditures for contracts for advertising services, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act . 2. Report on expenditures for contracts for advertising services (a) In general Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (40) the following information with respect to each executive agency: (A) Expenditures of the executive agency for the prior fiscal year for— (i) all contracts for advertising services; and (ii) contracts for the advertising services of— (I) socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4) )); and (II) women- and minority-owned businesses. (B) Estimated expenditures of the executive agency for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for— (i) all contracts for advertising services; and (ii) contracts for the advertising services of— (I) socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4) )); and (II) women- and minority-owned businesses. . (b) Application date The amendment made by this Act shall apply to the report submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter.