PROMISES Act
Latest action · Aug 15, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability Act or the PROMISES Act - Sets forth the priority of the payment of obligations incurred by the U.S. government in the event that U.S. debt reaches the statutory limit.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during any funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to make emergency appropriations to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including the reserve components thereof, who perform active service.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2011 to Jul 14, 2011; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Jul 12, 2011 |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Original | Jul 12, 2011 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jul 14, 2011 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2011 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2011 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Aug 15, 2011 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2011 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Jul 13, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jul 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5390 | Steve King R-IA | Jul 22, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5117 | Steve King R-IA | Jul 15, 2011 |
| House | Lists H4945H.R. 2496-2507 | — | Jul 12, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4945.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 721 | Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 | Related bill | Apr 4, 2011 |
| S 855 | Pay Our Troops Act | Related bill | Apr 14, 2011 |
| HR 1297 | Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jul 14, 2011 |
| S 1365 | Protecting Military Pay Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2011 |
| HR 1908 | To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States Government if the debt ceiling is reached, to provide for an emergency appropriation of funds to pay for certain defense and national security obligations during a gap in funding, and for other purposes. | Related bill | May 16, 2011 |
| HR 2402 | Prioritize Spending Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jun 24, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To specify that in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, the United States shall prioritize the payment of pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and the payment of obligations on the public debt, and to appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a funding gap occurs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability Act
- PROMISES Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Coast guard
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Military personnel and dependents
- National Guard and reserves
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
