House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Youth Promise Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5885):Article I, Section 8, Clause 5.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2721, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). 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
86 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 81 Democrats
5 of 86 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 2189 (112th) Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011
- H.R. 1419 (112th) Every Student Counts Act
- H.R. 2242 (112th) Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2011
- H.R. 2316 (112th) Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011
- H.R. 2342 (112th) CAMPUS Safety Act of 2011
- H.R. 3305 (112th) Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.