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H.R. 530: SECURE Our Democracy Act

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H.R. 530: SECURE Our Democracy Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-13 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

SECURE Our Democracy Act

Plain summary

Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act or the SECURE Our Democracy Act This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, misappropriate, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) worked or acted as an agent or instrumentality of, or on behalf of, or that was otherwise associated with, such foreign person. The unclassified portion of such list shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register. A listed alien shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa, and any current visa shall be revoked. Such prohibitions shall also apply to an alien who is an official of, an agent or instrumentality of, or working or acting on behalf of, a listed foreign entity or government if such alien knowingly authorized, conspired to commit, was responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise assisted or facilitated such prohibited actions. The President, through the Department of the Treasury, shall: (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States or controlled a U.S. person, and (2) require each financial institution that is a U.S. person and has within its possession or control such property or property interests to certify that it has frozen all such assets.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

SECURE Our Democracy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · 98 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Darren Soto (D-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ami Bera (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 38 more.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Federal Register
The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr530 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115