United States 119th Congress Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 3 D · 1 R cosponsors

HR 787 — Plain Language in Contracting Act

Last action — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 28, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

6 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The text now indicates that H.R. 787 has been referred to the Senate after being received and read twice. The previous reference to the bill as "Engrossed in House" has been removed. This change clarifies the current legislative status of the bill as it moves to the Senate for further consideration.

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787 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
787 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
787 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require plain language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
787 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 4, 2025 Received;
read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require plain language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Clerk.
KEVIN F.
119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
MCCUMBER, Clerk.
R.
787 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require plain language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.

  6. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-34.

  7. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-34.

  8. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 23.

  9. Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  10. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2395-2396)

  11. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 787.

  12. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2395)

  13. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2395)

  14. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  15. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 543 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (543)

543 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety labor education technology
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 787?
HR 787 is sponsored by Tran, Derek (Democratic), Thanedar, Shri (Democratic), Goodlander, Maggie (Democratic), and LaLota, Nick (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 787?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 28, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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