Sponsor
Nancy Mace
Representative · R-SC
The resolution emphasizes equal representation and bars race-based favoritism in House-recognized groups, but it may reduce institutional recognition for racial/ethnic affinity groups and create administrative disputes over implementation.
All House members and their constituents: Reinforces that Representatives must serve all constituents equally and discourages race-based favoritism in House operations.
House members and staff: Labels race-based member/staff organizations as discriminatory, which could reduce formal recognition of exclusionary affinity groups inside the House.
Members of racial/ethnic affinity groups inside the House: May lose formal recognition, resources, or institutional visibility if such groups are treated as discriminatory.
House institutions and administrative staff: Could face disputes, ambiguity, and administrative burden implementing and enforcing nondiscrimination rules for member/staff organizations.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Declares that race- or ethnicity-based congressional member/staff organizations discriminate and affirms Members should represent all constituents equally.
Representative · R-SC
Official title: Directing the Committee on House Administration to revoke and prevent the registration of certain Congressional Member Organizations and Congressional Staff Organizations.
Introduced July 23, 2026 by Nancy Mace · Last progress July 23, 2026
States that some Congressional Member and Staff Organizations admit or exclude members based on race, color, ethnicity, or national origin and characterizes that practice as discriminatory. Affirms that Representatives must represent all constituents without favor or disfavor based on those characteristics and says recognizing such race-based organizations harms the dignity and integrity of House proceedings. The text is a single-section resolution of findings and characterizations; it does not create new programs, appropriate funds, or change rules or enforcement mechanisms. It records a position and describes the practice as discrimination.