House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act

H.R. 1223Introduced Feb 28, 2007Policy area: Health

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 7, 2007 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1223.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1223, Keeping Faith with the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act” on April 24, 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, April 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19661
CBO publication date
April 24, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1223, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1223
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. 1223, Keeping Faith with the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act” on April 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 28, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19661
CBO publication date
April 24, 2008
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1223, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1223
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 14, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9ff9b50830b83a53aaadb107baffd48ff166668da91e569564e75bf6627f4a15
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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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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

116 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 92 Democrats

24 of 116 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), David Davis (R-TN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chet Edwards (D-TX) and 86 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.