S. 2785: DETER Act
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S. 2785: DETER Act
115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-26 · Immigration · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
DETER Act
Plain summary
Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act or DETER Act 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. 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.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 3 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2785, DETER Act (2018-10-19)
Cosponsors on this site
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2785.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s2785 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115