Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act
Latest action · Jan 24, 2014 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.
- IntroducedDec 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
Prohibits assistance to the Government of Egypt and economic and security assistance to the Government of Pakistan effective on the date of enactment of this Act with respect to funds made available beginning with FY2015.
Requires: (1) 8% of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 8% of the National Forest System land to be offered for competitive sale by auction, and (2) proceeds from the sale of such lands to be used to reduce the annual federal budget deficit or the outstanding federal debt.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 23, 2013 to Feb 10, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Dec 23, 2013 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jan 7, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jan 8, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jan 8, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Feb 10, 2014 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2013 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jan 24, 2014 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2013 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2013 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Dec 27, 2013 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2013 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jan 7, 2014 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jan 7, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Dec 27, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Dec 23, 2013Introduced in House
- Dec 23, 2013Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
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 H8132.
Related bills 20
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1017 | American Land Act | Related bill | Apr 2, 2013 |
| S 1844 | Military Retirement Restoration Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2013 |
| S 1856 | A bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, relating to an annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62. | Related bill | Dec 18, 2013 |
| S 1869 | Keeping Our Promise to Our Military Heroes Act | Related bill | Dec 19, 2013 |
| S 1930 | Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act | Related bill | Jan 15, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2013Introduced 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.
