VA Police Security Enhancement Act

This bill would define Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) property to include land and buildings the VA occupies, leases, or leases to others, plus the area immediately around them. It would add protecting people and VA property and keeping facilities secure to the duties of VA police officers, and allow them to act off VA property only in certain cases, such as hot pursuit or under a written agreement with other police agencies. The VA would have to improve facility security, share arrest and use-of-force data with Congress on request, and send Congress a yearly report on its police force. The bill would also create a separate Treasury account, lasting three years, for VA police hiring, training, and security infrastructure, and would require a federal audit report within two years.

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Sponsors

• Derrick Van Orden Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors