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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
6/26/2019 • House
Summary
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.
Passed Senate • 6/3/2019
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Bill Journey
Originated in the Senate
Introduced
May 6, 2019
Committee Review
May 16, 2019
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Floor Debate
June 3, 2019
Passed Chamber
Other Chamber
June 4, 2019
President
Enacted into Law