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Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act

USA116th CongressHR-7519| House 
| Updated: 7/9/2020
Eliot L. Engel

Eliot L. Engel

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Dean Phillips (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)

Foreign Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act This bill authorizes the Department of State to pay a reward to anyone who furnishes certain information relating to foreign election interference by a foreign entity or an individual who is not a U.S. person. Foreign election interference is conduct by a foreign person that (1) violates federal criminal, voting rights, or campaign finance law; or (2) is performed by any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government or criminal enterprise. Such conduct may include any covert, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful act undertaken with the purpose or effect of undermining public confidence in election processes or institutions.
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Timeline
Jul 9, 2020
Introduced in House
Jul 9, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • July 9, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • July 9, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

Crime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign and international corporationsFraud offenses and financial crimesSubversive activitiesVoting rights

Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act

USA116th CongressHR-7519| House 
| Updated: 7/9/2020
Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act This bill authorizes the Department of State to pay a reward to anyone who furnishes certain information relating to foreign election interference by a foreign entity or an individual who is not a U.S. person. Foreign election interference is conduct by a foreign person that (1) violates federal criminal, voting rights, or campaign finance law; or (2) is performed by any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government or criminal enterprise. Such conduct may include any covert, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful act undertaken with the purpose or effect of undermining public confidence in election processes or institutions.
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Timeline
Jul 9, 2020
Introduced in House
Jul 9, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • July 9, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • July 9, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Eliot L. Engel

Eliot L. Engel

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Dean Phillips (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)

Foreign Affairs Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Crime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign and international corporationsFraud offenses and financial crimesSubversive activitiesVoting rights