Protect American Democracy Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 20, 2016 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 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 committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 20, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect American Democracy Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of State to submit within 120 days a list of each foreign person that: (1) was at any time since January 1, 2015, involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) acted as an agent of, or on behalf of, such foreign person.
The unclassified portion of such list shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register.
A listed alien shall be ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa, and any current visa shall be revoked. Such prohibitions shall also apply to an alien who is an official of, or acting on behalf of, a listed foreign entity or government if such alien knowingly furthered such prohibited actions.
The President, through the Department of the Treasury, shall: (1) freeze and prohibit a listed foreign person's transactions in property and property interests that are in the United States or controlled a U.S. person, and (2) require each financial institution that is a U.S. person and has within its possession or control such property or property interests to certify that it has frozen all such assets.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 20, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Dec 20, 2016 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 20, 2016 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 20, 2016 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Dec 20, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2016Introduced in House
- Dec 20, 2016Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 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 committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 182, December 20, 2016, page H7622.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 530 | SECURE Our Democracy Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 8, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protect American Democracy Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Treasury
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign property
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- International Affairs
- Political parties and affiliation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
