House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act

H.R. 2429Introduced Apr 8, 2021Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedApr 8, 2021
Committee actionMay 5, 2021
Passed HouseJun 15, 2021 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 16, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2429.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2429, VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act” on June 11, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2021 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57285
CBO publication date
June 11, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2429, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2429
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss RICE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 61, April 8, 2021, Page H1721):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2429, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2429
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae4b800102eb208d6d4ff3ad5f1244abb3ee6549cce5040f62c9599dd0c2eb5f
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans

2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Van Taylor (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Rice.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-4 district

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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.