House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Keeping Our Promises Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2268.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1695):Article 1, Section 2, Clause 18. Congress has the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof, including the regulation of health care for citizens for the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 366 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2268, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 April 7, 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
26 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 26 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Katie Porter (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.