House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
National Guard Promotion Improvement Act of 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Anthony Brown D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7837.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROWN of Maryland, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 86, May 19, 2022, Page H5208):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7837, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c3b034213cdcc26ed265669707966a36ac5fda877f1fb4dc02cfacad1e0da43
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7837, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
15 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 6 Democrats
9 of 15 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Ed Case (D-HI), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Austin Scott (R-GA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony Brown.
- H.R. 3015 (117th) Raise the Age Act
- H.R. 7395 (117th) Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 2022
- H.R. 4510 (117th) Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2021
- H.R. 2833 (117th) Reconnecting Communities Act
- H.R. 2129 (117th) National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2021
- H.R. 7838 (117th) Paycheck Protection Program Fairness for Engineering Services Act
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.