United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1979 (117th)
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021
Introduced
17 March 2021
Last action
17 March 2021 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16], Marie Newman
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021 This bill increases the current 21% income tax rate of corporations whose ratio of compensation of their principal executive officers or other highest compensated employees to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, in which case the increase is 0.5%. The pay ratio disparity extends from 100 to 1 to 500 to 1, in which case the increase is 5%. The bill exempts from such increase certain corporations based upon their average annual gross receipts.
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Timeline
17 March 2021
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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17 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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17 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 March 2021 · Download file
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Sponsors
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] · D · Cosponsor
- Marie Newman · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021
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- related to ← Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1979
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1979
- us · 117-hr-1979 · source updated 5 December 2025