DETER Act
- Last Action
- 6/26/2019
Actions
- 2019-06-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- 2019-06-04Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-06-04Received in the House.
- 2019-06-04Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2019-06-03Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3169; text: CR S3169)
- 2019-06-03Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3169; text: CR S3169)
- 2019-05-22Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 96.
- 2019-05-22Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham without amendment. Without written report.
- 2019-05-22Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham without amendment. Without written report.
- 2019-05-16Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2019-05-06Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-05-06Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-06-03 (55)
Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act or DETER Act
This bill makes an alien inadmissible to the United States or deportable if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the alien seeks to enter the country to improperly interfere with a U.S. election, or has previously done so.
Improper interference in a U.S. election is conduct by an alien that (1) violates federal criminal, voting rights, or campaign finance law, or is under the direction of a foreign government; and (2) interferes with any general or primary federal, state, or local election or caucus, including a candidate's campaign or a ballot measure.
Cosponsors (4)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Subversive activities
- Voting rights
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