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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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis 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
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 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-v2, 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, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow 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.
