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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3442 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 

engage in improper interference in a United States election are inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2019 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 

GAETZ, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CLINE, Mr. ARMSTRONG, and Mr. BUCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 

that aliens who engage in improper interference in a 

United States election are inadmissible and deportable, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Elections 

5 against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act’’ or the ‘‘DETER 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 

2 Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

3 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(53) The term ‘improper interference in a 

6 United States election’ means conduct by an alien 

7 that— 

8 ‘‘(A)(i) violates Federal criminal, voting 

9 rights, or campaign finance law; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) is performed by any person acting as 

11 an agent of or on behalf of a foreign govern12 ment or criminal enterprise; and 

13 ‘‘(B) includes any covert, fraudulent, de14 ceptive, or unlawful act or attempted act, un15 dertaken with the purpose or effect of under16 mining public confidence in election processes 

17 or institutions, or influencing, undermining con18 fidence in, or altering the result or reported re19 sult of, a general or primary Federal, State, or 

20 local election or caucus, including— 

21 ‘‘(i) the campaign of a candidate; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) a ballot measure, including an 

23 amendment, a bond issue, an initiative, a 

24 recall, a referral, or a referendum.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN UNITED STATES 

2 ELECTIONS. 

3 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Im4 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(H) IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN A

7 UNITED STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who a 

8 consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Se9 curity, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney 

10 General knows, or has reasonable grounds to 

11 believe, is seeking admission to the United 

12 States to engage in improper interference in a 

13 United States election, or has engaged in im14 proper interference in a United States election, 

15 is inadmissible.’’. 

16 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a) of the Immi17 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amend18 ed by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(8) IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN A UNITED

20 STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who has engaged, is 

21 engaged, or at any time after admission engages in 

22 improper interference in a United States election is 

23 deportable.’’. 

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