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H.R. 2683119th CongressForeign Trade and International Finance
Remote Access Security Act
Sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) · 17 active : 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJan 12, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govRemote Access Security Act
This bill broadens the scope of the U.S. export control system to include remote access of items.
Remote access
means (1) access to an item subject to the jurisdiction of the United States by a foreign person through a network connection, including the internet or a cloud computing service, from a location other than where the item is physically located; or (2) any other form of access specified in regulations promulgated by the Department of Commerce.
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The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA), which is implemented through the Export Administration Regulations, provides a permanent statutory basis for controlling the export of dual-use goods (e.g., items with both civilian and military uses) and certain military parts and components. This bill applies export controls under ECRA to remote access of items, thereby allowing Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security to issue licenses and impose penalties related to remote access of controlled items.
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 Pass, as AmendedPassed369 yea, 22 nayJanuary 12, 2026 · Roll call 13
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 30 | 1 | 3% |
| Middle | 225 | 20 | 9% |
| Entrenched | 133 | 1 | 1% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Computers and information technology
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Trade restrictions
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 73Middle 30–70
- 20Entrenched 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
17 activeShow all 17 cosponsors
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)
- Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
- Young Kim (R-CA-40)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI-1)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- Keith Self (R-TX-3)
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.
