House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

H.R. 1222Introduced Feb 28, 2007Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Chris Van Hollen D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 28, 2007 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1222.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1222, Keep our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act” on October 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 28, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20383
CBO publication date
October 23, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1222, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1222
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 14, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1222, Keep our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act” on October 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 28, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20383
CBO publication date
October 23, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1222, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1222
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 14, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bdcf3b55a482d1994bdef6aff08a8cc5f34c42e0e4ced854fb0c71b55485a52f
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1222, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

125 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 91 Democrats

34 of 125 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), David Davis (R-TN), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and 95 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Van Hollen.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-8 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.