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H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 7084119th CongressTransportation and Public Works

Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026

Sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) · 7 active : 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 27, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026

This bill authorizes the President to prohibit the entry of a vessel into the United States if the vessel has transited any U.S. port, harbor, or marine terminal that has been nationalized or expropriated (e.g., seized) by a Western Hemisphere country that has a free trade agreement with the United States.

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Under the bill, the President may prohibit the entry and operation of a vessel if it has called at any port, harbor, or marine terminal that was owned, held, or controlled by a U.S. entity or individual, but has been nationalized or expropriated by the government of a country that is located in the Western Hemisphere and has a free trade agreement in effect with the United States.

The prohibition ends when the President determines that (1) the applicable country has restored ownership of the property that had been nationalized or expropriated, (2) the applicable country has provided mutually acceptable compensation for the nationalized or expropriated property, (3) the conditions for the prohibition are no longer satisfied, or (4) the dispute has been otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of the President.

The bill permits certain foreign vessels that are otherwise prohibited from entering the United States under this bill or current law to enter if the vessel is experiencing an emergency (involving the vessel or an individual on the vessel) and in certain instances where access to a covered facility was granted by a U.S. property owner.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Free trade and trade barriers
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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

How the House breaks down

70Swing 70–100
213Middle 30–70
144Entrenched 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 17.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 7084 · Mar 27, 2026 · Roll call 465On PassageDefending American Property Abroad Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
S. 2503 · Feb 24, 2026 · Roll call 432On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassROTOR Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1836 · Mar 21, 2024 · Roll call 816On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedOcean Shipping Reform Implementation Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S.J.Res. 38 · Jan 11, 2024 · Roll call 726On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to “Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers”
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

Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
Dale W. Strong (R-AL-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.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 33% of 27 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 40% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
4
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureCoast Guard and Maritime TransportationOn the ballot70% of inputs · missing similar votes
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votesNo dataCommittee
Too few votes on similar bills to measure
93Swing
ContactCall
5
Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 15% of 29 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall
6
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 33% 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
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% 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
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 18% of 29 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 28 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
10
Chris PappasDemocrat · New Hampshire 1st · Lean D+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureCoast Guard and Maritime TransportationOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 9% of 28 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall