House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Youth PROMISE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 1, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2197.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 65, May 1, 2015, Page H2793):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2197, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 December 6, 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
54 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 50 Democrats
4 of 54 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 4539 (114th) 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
- H.R. 2150 (114th) Raise the Wage Act
- H.R. 3514 (114th) WAGE Act
- H.Res. 506 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of considering legislation that would reinforce the goals of the working…
- H.R. 2962 (114th) America's College Promise Act of 2015
- H.R. 3512 (114th) Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.