Keeping Our Promise Act
Latest action · Jan 17, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 17, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2024 to Mar 15, 2024; 65 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jan 17, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 15, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2024Introduced in House
- Jan 17, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 9, January 17, 2024, page H189.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the issuance of visas and admission of certain aliens, and their derivatives, who were selected to apply for diversity immigrant visas but were unable to be issued such visas or be admitted to the United States as a result of certain Presidential Proclamations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keeping Our Promise Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2024Introduced 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.
