S 2785
115th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Voting rights
DETER Act
Introduced: April 26, 2018
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Became law
Oct 11, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 12, 2018
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-378.
Apr 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2487)
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act or DETER Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien who is seeking to engage in, or has engaged in, improper interference in a U.S. election inadmissible.
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.
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Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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