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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-26 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. | House committee actions |
| 2019-06-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-04 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-04 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2019-06-03 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3169; text: CR S3169) | Senate |
| 2019-05-22 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 96. | Senate |
| 2019-05-22 | Committee | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham without amendment. Without written report. | Senate |
| 2019-05-16 | Committee | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate |
| 2019-05-06 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate |
| 2019-05-06 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |