House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
VA Billing Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 845.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 21, February 4, 2021, Page H388):Article II, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 845, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/845
- 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rodney Davis (R-IL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Mark Green (R-TN), H. Griffith (R-VA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), John Katko (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Fred Upton (R-MI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
- H.R. 8944 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 East Main Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, as the "Harold…
- H.R. 4287 (117th) USA Workforce Tax Credit Act
- H.R. 607 (117th) To establish the Election Integrity Commission to study the integrity and administration of the general election for Federal office held…
- H.R. 2437 (117th) To extend to May 17 the first scheduled individual estimated tax payment for 2021.
- H.R. 2375 (117th) Improving Adoption Outcomes and Affordability Act of 2021
- H.R. 608 (117th) Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2021
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.