I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3501 
To expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections 
for Federal office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2019 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. PINGREE, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. RUSH, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. HIMES, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign inter-
ference in elections for Federal office, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguard our Elec-
tions and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democ-
racy Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Our Democracy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity; 
(iii) the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices; 
(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
(v) the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence; and 
(B) in the Senate— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions; 
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(ii) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs; 
(iii) the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs; 
(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
(v) the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. 
(3) FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-
nancial institution’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code. 
(4) FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.—The term ‘‘for-
eign interference’’, with respect to a United States 
election, includes any covert, fraudulent, deceptive, 
or unlawful actions or attempted actions of a foreign 
government, or of any person acting as an agent of 
or on behalf of a foreign government, undertaken 
with the purpose or effect of influencing, under-
mining confidence in, or altering the result or re-
ported result of, such election, or undermining public 
confidence in election processes or institutions. 
(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a natural person who is not a United 
States person under paragraph (5)(A); or 
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(B) a foreign entity or foreign government. 
(6) UNITED
STATES
ELECTION.—The term 
‘‘United States election’’ means any election for 
Federal office. 
(7) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS RESPON-
SIBLE 
FOR 
FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE 
IN 
UNITED STATES ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a list of each foreign person that the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agen-
cies, determines— 
(1) was, at any time since January 1, 2015, di-
rectly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, 
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or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in 
a United States election; 
(2) materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
financial, material, or technological support for, or 
goods or services to or in support of, any activity de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or any person whose prop-
erty or interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
this section; or 
(3) is owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property or interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this section. 
(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an update of 
the list required under subsection (a) as new information 
becomes available. 
(c) SANCTIONS.—A foreign person on the list re-
quired under subsection (a) is subject to the sanctions de-
scribed in sections 4 and 5. 
(d) FORM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the list required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The name of a foreign person 
to be included in the list required under subsection 
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