Honor Our Promise Act
Latest action · Feb 3, 2014 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Honor Our Promise 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.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include the name and taxpayer identification number (e.g., social security number) of their qualifying child on their tax returns.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2014 to Feb 24, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jan 30, 2014 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 30, 2014 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jan 30, 2014 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Feb 3, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Feb 11, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Feb 12, 2014 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Feb 24, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2014Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
- Jan 30, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2014Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S665 | Harry Reid D-NV | Feb 3, 2014 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S658 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jan 30, 2014 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44420 | Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) Filers and the Child Tax Credit: Overview and Legislation Archived | Report | Mar 22, 2016 |
Related bills 19
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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, and to provide an offset.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Honor Our Promise 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.
- Feb 3, 2014Placed on Calendar Senate
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.
