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H.R. 3501: SECURE Our Democracy Act

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H.R. 3501: SECURE Our Democracy Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-26 · 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: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. 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.

What does this mean?

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 identify each foreign person who engaged in U.S. election interference since January 1, 2015. The bill imposes financial and immigration sanctions on these individuals. Specifically, such individuals shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa and any current visa shall be revoked. The Department of the Treasury must (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States, and (2) require financial institutions to certify that they have frozen all such assets.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

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] · 35 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3501, Safeguard Our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act (2019-09-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), James A. Himes (D-CT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), John Garamendi (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3501 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116