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H.R. 9382119th CongressImmigration
To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application process, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · 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 Senate14 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to link the applications of family members (parents, legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings residing within a single household) throughout the NEXUS application process (an expedited border inspections program between the United-States and Canada).
CBP must permit a family member to schedule NEXUS interviews for all linked family members and may provide linked family members the option to participate in joint interviews.
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CBP may exempt from the interview process a child under 14 years of age who is linked to an eligible family member.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Computers and information technology
- Family relationships
- Immigration status and procedures
- Visas and passports
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 14Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 25Entrenched 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-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, Senate
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Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY-22)
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.
