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H.R. 8535119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act
Sponsored by Rep. James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 13, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govMeasuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act
This bill requires the components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engaged in the detection, deterrence, and seizure of fentanyl to collaborate and share relevant information and data with each other. The bill also requires DHS to establish performance metrics related to the detection, deterrence, and seizure of fentanyl for DHS and its components.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Border Security and Enforcement · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Performance measurement
- Smuggling and trafficking
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
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
- Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
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.
