DETER Act

IC 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1328 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 4, 2019 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To designate foreign persons who improperly interfere in United States elections as inadmissible aliens, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1328.RFH S1328 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 S 1328 RFH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Elections 2 against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act’’ or ‘‘DETER 3 Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 5 Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end 7 the following: 8 ‘‘(53) The term ‘improper interference in a 9 United States election’ means conduct by an alien 10 that— 11 ‘‘(A)(i) violates Federal criminal, voting 12 rights, or campaign finance law; or 13 ‘‘(ii) is under the direction of a foreign 14 government; and 15 ‘‘(B) interferes with a general or primary 16 Federal, State, or local election or caucus, in- 17 cluding— 18 ‘‘(i) the campaign of a candidate; and 19 ‘‘(ii) a ballot measure, including— 20 ‘‘(I) an amendment; 21 ‘‘(II) a bond issue; 22 ‘‘(III) an initiative; 23 ‘‘(IV) a recall; 24 ‘‘(V) a referral; and 25 ‘‘(VI) a referendum.’’. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1328.RFH S1328 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 S 1328 RFH SEC. 3. IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN UNITED STATES 1 ELECTIONS. 2 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Im- 3 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is 4 amended by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(H) IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN A 6 UNITED STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who a 7 consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Se- 8 curity, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney 9 General knows, or has reasonable grounds to 10 believe, is seeking admission to the United 11 States to engage in improper interference in a 12 United States election, or who has engaged in 13 improper interference in a United States elec- 14 tion, is inadmissible.’’. 15 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a) of the Immi- 16 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amend- 17 ed by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(8) IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN A UNITED 19 STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who has engaged, is 20 engaged, or at any time after admission engages in 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1328.RFH S1328 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 S 1328 RFH improper interference in a United States election is 1 deportable.’’. 2 Passed the Senate June 3, 2019. Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, Secretary. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1328.RFH S1328 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS