Rep. Massie announces the introduction of H.R. 2356, the Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act.
Require candidates for federal office to disclose any dual citizenship they hold.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official press-release archive page has no matching text for "citizenship" or "dual" in the current archive view. The dated items visible in the lookback window are unrelated to dual-citizenship disclosure, including a May 14, 2026 foreign-agent bill, a May 12, 2026 NICS reporting bill, and other May 2026 legislation.
Massie's official homepage shows current June 2026 activity, including a June 8, 2026 speech video, a May 24, 2026 Meet the Press appearance, and a May 12, 2026 bill passage. Site searches on the page return no matching text for "citizenship", "dual", or "disclose".
Congress.gov lists Member Activity by Thomas Massie, including Sponsored Legislation [112], Cosponsored Legislation (All) [842], Remarks in the Congressional Record [190], and House Roll Call Votes [1,575]. A page search for citizenship returned no matching text.
The FEC forms page says Form 2: Statement of Candidacy is used to register candidates for House, Senate and President.
FEC Form 2 requests candidate name, address, FEC candidate identification number, party affiliation, office sought, state and district, plus principal and other authorized campaign committees. The form has no field for dual citizenship or foreign citizenship.
The instructions state that each individual who is a candidate for federal office must file FEC Form 2 or a letter containing the same information within 15 days of becoming a candidate. Line-by-line instructions cover name and mailing address, candidate ID, new or amended status, party, office, state and district, and committee designations; no dual-citizenship disclosure is instructed.
The FEC states that it administers and enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, collected in Title 52 and Title 26 of the U.S. Code. The page directs readers to FECA, Commission regulations, advisory opinions and court decisions.
The FEC legislation page provides access to federal campaign finance legislation, including FECA amendments and legislative recommendations to Congress. Its listed recent selected FECA amendments concern administrative fines, Senate electronic filing, national party accounts, convention funding, bundled contributions, and campaign-fund use, not dual-citizenship disclosure by candidates.
Massie’s official press-release archive shows recent items on the Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity Act, NICS Data Reporting Act, family-farm capital gains, PRIME Act, Surveillance Accountability Act, raw milk, glyphosate, NATO, and Epstein files. The visible archive entries do not concern candidates disclosing dual citizenship.
Assessments
The promised federal requirement has not been delivered. Current FEC candidate registration materials, including Form 2 and its instructions, do not require candidates for federal office to disclose dual citizenship, and the supplied official FEC legal/legislation evidence shows no implemented FECA change creating that requirement. The evidence also does not identify a Massie-sponsored bill, enacted measure, or serious legislative/executive attempt by Massie to impose this disclosure rule, so no effort badge is warranted.
The available record does not show that Thomas Massie delivered a federal requirement that candidates disclose dual citizenship. The cited official-site evidence only shows an absence of matching press releases or homepage activity on this topic, not enactment, sponsorship success, or a documented serious push that failed. Because the evidence is too thin to confirm either delivery or a failed substantial attempt, the most defensible judgment is unresolved.