S. 2785 · 115th Congress
Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Richard Durbin
- Introduced
- 2018-04-26
- Latest action
- 2018-10-11 · Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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.