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H.R. 901: Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 901119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications

Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act

Sponsored by Rep. Dale W. Strong (R-AL) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 10, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act

This bill requires the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a department-wide policy for safeguarding research and development from unauthorized access or disclosures of sensitive information in related acquisitions.

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Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the compliance of DHS with a 2021 presidential memorandum and related guidance that required certain disclosures about government-funded research and development (e.g., conflicts of interest involving foreign governments).

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

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed410 yea, 1 nayMarch 10, 2025 · Roll call 64

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	35	0	0%
Middle	189	1	1%
Entrenched	114	0	0%

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReferred to
Emergency Management and Technology · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Research and development
U.S. and foreign investments

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
262Middle 30–70
121Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars 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. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 6.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 4755 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 872On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPrivacy Enhancing Technology Research Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1715 · May 9, 2023 · Roll call 203On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassAdvanced Weather Model Computing Development Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 139 · Jul 14, 2026 · Roll call 598On PassageSunshine Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1717 · Jul 15, 2025 · Roll call 195On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassCommunications Security Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1534 · Mar 25, 2025 · Roll call 73On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassIMPACT Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8958 · Sep 23, 2024 · Roll call 1159On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNASA Reauthorization Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4510 · May 15, 2024 · Roll call 923On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNTIA Reauthorization Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4143 · May 8, 2024 · Roll call 913On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNational Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 4866 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 871On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedFire Weather Development Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7521 · Mar 13, 2024 · Roll call 804On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedProtecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1338 · Jul 25, 2023 · Roll call 364On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedSatellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)

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.

All voting members	403	1	0%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 11 similar votes
Today94Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 93 Swing (today: 94)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 11 similar votes
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 91 Swing (today: 93)
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Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 11 similar votes
Today90Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 90)
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Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 11 similar votes
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 89)
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5
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 3 similar votes
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: — Insufficient data (today: 88)
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6
Andrew R. GarbarinoRepublican · New York 2nd · Lean R+6House Committee on Homeland Security (Chair)On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 16% of 9 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: Swing
7
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 3 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: — Insufficient data (today: 87)
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8
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 20% of 11 similar votes
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:Not votingProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 86)
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9
Josh GottheimerDemocrat · New Jersey 5th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 11% of 10 similar votes
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:Not votingProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 86)
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9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 12% of 9 similar votes
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Mar 10, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 84 Swing (today: 86)
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