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H.R. 5109: Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 5109119th CongressTransportation and Public Works

Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act

Sponsored by Rep. Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · 7 active : 4 Republicans, 3 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: passedSep 16, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop guidelines to improve access to a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for prisoners prior to their release.

Specifically, TSA must develop guidelines to assist individuals in federal, state, and local prisons in (1) pre-applying or preparing an application for a TWIC card; and (2) requesting an appeal or waiver of a preliminary determination of ineligibility for a TWIC card.

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As background, a TWIC card is required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act for workers who need access to secure areas of U.S. maritime facilities and vessels. TSA conducts a background check to determine a person’s eligibility and issues the credential.

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 Homeland Security · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Transportation and Maritime Security · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

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

How the House breaks down

72Swing 70–100
203Middle 30–70
152Entrenched 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 14.5 (needs 5.0).

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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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FailedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1547 · Dec 5, 2023 · Roll call 689On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedOne Seat Ride Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 363On PassageSecuring Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 362On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 361On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 360On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 359On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 358On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 357On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

7 active

Show all 7 cosponsors

Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
Mike Ezell (R-MS-4)
Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)
August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-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.

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Andrew R. GarbarinoRepublican · New York 2nd · Lean R+6House Committee on Homeland Security (Chair)On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 35% of 29 similar votes
96Swing
ContactCall 202-225-7896 Website
2
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 26% of 27 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
3
Nick LaLotaRepublican · New York 1st · Lean R+4House Committee on Homeland SecurityOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 26% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall
4
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 23% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
5
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 45% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
6
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 36% of 29 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 25 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
8
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 20% of 29 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 30% of 28 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
10
David P. JoyceRepublican · Ohio 14th · Lean R+9House Committee on Homeland SecurityOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 28% of 29 similar votes
89Swing
ContactCall