NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026

Sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMay 12, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

NICS Data Reporting Act

This bill requires the Department of Justice to report annually on the demographic data of persons who are determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives

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

71Swing 70–100
214Middle 30–70
145Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 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, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

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.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 26.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 2189 · Feb 12, 2026 · Roll call 430On PassageLaw-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4922 · Sep 16, 2025 · Roll call 269On PassageDC CRIMES Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7530 · May 15, 2024 · Roll call 919On PassageDC CRIMES Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 44 · Jun 13, 2023 · Roll call 251On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ’Stabilizing Braces’”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 9576 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 669On PassageNational Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5625 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 531On PassageCashless Bail Reporting Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 6260 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 529On PassageKeeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 96 · May 13, 2026 · Roll call 525On Agreeing to the ResolutionExpressing support for law enforcement officers
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 2853 · May 12, 2026 · Roll call 517On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedCombating Organized Retail Crime Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4371 · Dec 16, 2025 · Roll call 339On PassageKayla Hamilton Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5107 · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 298On PassageCLEAN DC Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5)

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.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 63% of 48 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on the JudiciaryOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 7% of 47 similar votes
94Swing
ContactCall
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 61% of 47 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 25% of 46 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
5
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 10% of 45 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
6
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 63% of 48 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
7
Jared MoskowitzDemocrat · Florida 23rd · Lean D+2House Committee on the JudiciaryOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 32% of 47 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall
8
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 7% of 48 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 13% of 42 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
10
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 56% of 48 similar votes
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3101 Website