[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 92 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       DEFENDING ELECTIONS AGAINST TROLLS FROM ENEMY REGIMES ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 96, S. 1328.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1328) to designate foreign persons who 
     improperly interfere in United States elections as 
     inadmissible aliens, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1328) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1328

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Defending Elections against 
     Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act'' or ``DETER Act''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM.

       Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(53) The term `improper interference in a United States 
     election' means conduct by an alien that--
       ``(A)(i) violates Federal criminal, voting rights, or 
     campaign finance law; or
       ``(ii) is under the direction of a foreign government; and
       ``(B) interferes with a general or primary Federal, State, 
     or local election or caucus, including--
       ``(i) the campaign of a candidate; and
       ``(ii) a ballot measure, including--

       ``(I) an amendment;
       ``(II) a bond issue;
       ``(III) an initiative;
       ``(IV) a recall;
       ``(V) a referral; and
       ``(VI) a referendum.''.

     SEC. 3. IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN UNITED STATES ELECTIONS.

       (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(H) Improper interference in a united states election.--
     Any alien who a consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General 
     knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, is seeking 
     admission to the United States to engage in improper 
     interference in a United States election, or who has engaged 
     in improper interference in a United States election, is 
     inadmissible.''.
       (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(8) Improper interference in a united states election.--
     Any alien who has engaged, is engaged, or at any time after 
     admission engages in improper interference in a United States 
     election is deportable.''.

     

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