HR 3501
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Subversive activities
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers
SECURE Our Democracy Act
Introduced: June 26, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2019
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 17, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 26, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 26, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act or the SECURE Our Democracy Act
This bill directs the Department of State to identify each foreign person who engaged in U.S. election interference since January 1, 2015. The bill imposes financial and immigration sanctions on these individuals. Specifically, such individuals shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa and any current visa shall be revoked. The Department of the Treasury must (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States, and (2) require financial institutions to certify that they have frozen all such assets.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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