To expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6494| House
| Updated: 7/24/2018
Eliot L. Engel
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Rules Committee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee
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- In Committee
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- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act or the SECURE Our Democracy Act This bill requires the Department of State to maintain and provide to Congress an updated list of each foreign person who has, since January 1, 2015, been involved in actions to unlawfully access information or information systems related to federal elections, candidates for federal office, or U.S. political parties. Foreign persons on the list shall (1) be barred from entering the United States, (2) have current visas revoked, and (3) be subject to property-blocking sanctions.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
International Affairs
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign propertyGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSubversive activitiesVisas and passportsWar and emergency powers
To expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6494| House
| Updated: 7/24/2018
Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act or the SECURE Our Democracy Act This bill requires the Department of State to maintain and provide to Congress an updated list of each foreign person who has, since January 1, 2015, been involved in actions to unlawfully access information or information systems related to federal elections, candidates for federal office, or U.S. political parties. Foreign persons on the list shall (1) be barred from entering the United States, (2) have current visas revoked, and (3) be subject to property-blocking sanctions.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Eliot L. Engel
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Rules Committee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee
International Affairs
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign propertyGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSubversive activitiesVisas and passportsWar and emergency powers