House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

H.R. 2966Introduced Sep 28, 1999Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Ronnie Shows D-MS

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 28, 1999
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 5, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2966.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2966, Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act” on March 28, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on September 28, 1999”.
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12159
CBO publication date
March 28, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2966, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2966
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 20, 2025
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September 28, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

290 cosponsors — 132 Republicans, 157 Democrats, 1 independent

129 of 290 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA) and 260 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ronnie Shows.

Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress · MS-4 district

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