A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Investing in National Values, Economy, Strategy, and Tomorrow Act," or "INVEST Act," requires Federal agencies to identify and sell off their ownership stakes in private, for-profit companies. This includes stocks, partnership interests, warrants, and special governance shares. Agencies must liquidate existing stakes within 8 years of the Act's enactment. Any stakes acquired after the Act must be sold within 8 years of their acquisition. All money earned from these sales must be sent to the Treasury to pay down the national debt.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +8
Does this reduce what the federal government owes?
The bill explicitly requires all funds from the liquidation of federal equity stakes to be used to pay down the national debt.
- Scored +7
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?
Requiring the sale of private assets to reduce public debt promotes fiscal discipline.
- Scored +2
Would business owners be better off under this?
Removing the government as a shareholder in private companies may reduce state intervention in business operations.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill reduces federal influence and ownership in the private sector.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Reducing National Debt: Section 2(d) requires that all funds from the liquidation of equity investments be used to pay down the national debt.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this reduce what the federal government owes? — The bill explicitly requires all funds from the liquidation of federal equity stakes to be used to pay down the national debt. Does this make the government pay for what it commits to? — Requiring the sale of private assets to reduce public debt promotes fiscal discipline. Is this likely to slow the rise in prices? — Reducing the national debt can have a marginal positive effect on long-term inflationary pressures.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — Removing the government as a shareholder in private companies may reduce state intervention in business operations.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Requiring agencies to identify all covered equity investments increases transparency of government holdings. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill reduces federal influence and ownership in the private sector.
- 6/16/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced in Senate