H.R. 3442: DETER Act
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H.R. 3442: DETER Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-24 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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 makes an alien inadmissible to the United States or deportable if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the alien seeks to enter the country to improperly interfere with a U.S. election or has previously done so. Improper interference in a U.S. election is conduct by an alien that violates federal criminal, voting rights, or campaign finance law, or is performed on behalf of a foreign government or criminal enterprise. Improper interference in a U.S. election includes acts intended to (1) undermine public confidence in election processes or institutions, or (2) influence or alter the result of an election.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · 11 cosponsors
Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.
Cosponsors on this site
Tom McClintock (R-CA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Ralph Norman (R-SC)
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- Bill
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3442.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr3442 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116