House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Screening With Dignity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 30, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4249.
- 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. 114, June 30, 2021, Page H3580):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4249, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Marie Newman (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Rice.
- H.R. 2429 (117th) VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act
- H.R. 1850 (117th) Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
- H.Con.Res. 44 (117th) Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
- H.R. 2428 (117th) Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021
- H.R. 2806 (117th) Honoring All Veterans Act
- H.Res. 816 (117th) Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 15, 2021, as "National Apprenticeship Week".
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.