S. 1328 · 116th Congress

Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act

Stage
Passed a chamber
Introduced
2019-05-06
Latest action
2019-06-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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.