Improving Travel for American Families Act

Sponsored by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) · 2 active : 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 13, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Improving Travel for American Families Act

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a pilot program to implement alternative security screenings for passengers traveling with children who are 12 years old and younger.

Specifically, TSA must implement alternative security screening lanes and security screening approaches for passengers traveling with children in order to support and facilitate the ease of travel for these passengers.

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TSA must implement the pilot program at a minimum of five airports, with priority given to airports that have a high volume of passengers traveling with children.

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

Aviation and airports
Child safety and welfare
Transportation safety and security

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

43Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
182Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 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-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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 14.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 7084 · Mar 27, 2026 · Roll call 465On PassageDefending American Property Abroad Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
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

2 active

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Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4)
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-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.