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H.R. 2267119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 12, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govNICS 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.
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.
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
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
- 69Middle 30–70
- 23Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
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
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
2 activeShow 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.
