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H.R. 3029: To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening, and for other purposes. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 3029119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening, and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJul 20, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Nucleic Acid Standards for Biosecurity Act

This bill explicitly requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the development of best practices and technical standards for nucleic acid synthesis.

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Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), carry genetic information within cells. Nucleic acid synthesis is the process of designing and creating custom nucleic acids; it is used in the development of medications and agricultural products. However, this technology also poses a risk of misuse (e.g., the intentional or unintentional creation of dangerous biological agents).

The bill requires NIST to carry out measurement research to support the development and improvement of biosecurity best practices and technical standards related to nucleic acid synthesis. This effort must address specified topics including nucleic acid synthesis screening, operational security, and conformity assessment. (A 2023 executive order titled

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

directed NIST to develop and refine similar specifications and best practices for use by synthetic nucleic acid providers. NIST's work on this topic is ongoing.)

In carrying out this effort, NIST must convene stakeholders to develop and periodically update consensus priorities and best practices for synthetic nucleic acid screening mechanisms. Within a specified period, NIST must submit a summary of the stakeholder group’s findings to Congress.

NIST must also take steps to advance risk management best practices and technical standards for engineering biology and biomanufacturing, including with respect to risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Biological and life sciences
Cell biology and embryology
Research and development

Senate · 100 House · 433

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

How the House breaks down

73Swing 70–100
218Middle 30–70
136Entrenched 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, 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 5.5 (needs 5.0).

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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

3 active

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Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL)
Josh Riley (D-NY-19)

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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Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 19% of 3 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5516 Website
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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 11 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 11 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
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Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 25% of 11 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
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Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 11 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
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Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 11 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
7
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 13% of 11 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
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Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 11 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
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Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 3 similar votes
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1947 Website
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Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 11 similar votes
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3101 Website