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S. 2132119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
CLEAR Path Act
Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · 4 active : 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedApr 21, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govConflict-free Leaving Employment and Activity Restrictions Path Act or the CLEAR Path Act
This bill bans former presidential appointees in the executive branch from knowingly representing, aiding, or advising a foreign country of concern (e.g., China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia) with the intent to influence a decision of U.S. government officials.
Under the bill, the ban applies to former presidential appointees who served (1) as head or deputy head of an executive branch department or agency, or (2) in any other Senate-confirmed position in an executive branch department or agency.
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The ban applies to those who are appointed to their positions on or after the date of this bill's enactment. The ban expires five years after the date of this bill's enactment.
The bill also establishes a process that authorizes the Department of State to propose and Congress to enact changes to the list of foreign countries of concern.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Cuba
- Europe
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Iran
- Latin America
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Middle East
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- North Korea
- Russia
- Syria
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 66Middle 30–70
- 26Entrenched 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-v3Bars 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
4 activeShow all 4 cosponsors
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
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.
