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        <title>S. 2785, DETER Act</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act or DETER Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>]]></text>
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