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H.R. 1744119th CongressInternational Affairs
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) · 11 active : 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5186)
Where it standsBefore the House39 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedJun 8, 2026
- Senate: passedSep 29, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through 2028. The commission is an independent federal commission tasked with monitoring international religious freedom conditions, reviewing U.S. government policy, and making policy recommendations. (Under current law, the commission is authorized through FY2026.)
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Human rights
- International organizations and cooperation
- Religion
- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 75Middle 30–70
- 17Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
11 activeShow all 11 cosponsors
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA-36)
- Jason Crow (D-CO-6)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
