I 
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 inadmis-
sible 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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Elections 
against Trolls from Enemy Regimes Act’’ or the ‘‘DETER 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 
Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(53) The term ‘improper interference in a 
United States election’ means conduct by an alien 
that— 
‘‘(A)(i) violates Federal criminal, voting 
rights, or campaign finance law; or 
‘‘(ii) is performed by any person acting as 
an agent of or on behalf of a foreign govern-
ment or criminal enterprise; and 
‘‘(B) includes any covert, fraudulent, de-
ceptive, or unlawful act or attempted act, un-
dertaken with the purpose or effect of under-
mining public confidence in election processes 
or institutions, or influencing, undermining con-
fidence in, or altering the result or reported re-
sult of, a general or primary Federal, State, or 
local election or caucus, including— 
‘‘(i) the campaign of a candidate; or 
‘‘(ii) a ballot measure, including an 
amendment, a bond issue, an initiative, a 
recall, a referral, or a referendum.’’. 
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SEC. 3. IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN UNITED STATES 
ELECTIONS. 
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) IMPROPER
INTERFERENCE
IN
A 
UNITED STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who a 
consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney 
General knows, or has reasonable grounds to 
believe, is seeking admission to the United 
States to engage in improper interference in a 
United States election, or has engaged in im-
proper interference in a United States election, 
is inadmissible.’’. 
(b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) IMPROPER INTERFERENCE IN A UNITED 
STATES ELECTION.—Any alien who has engaged, is 
engaged, or at any time after admission engages in 
improper interference in a United States election is 
deportable.’’. 
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