SECURE Our Democracy Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2019 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2019 to Jul 22, 2019, with 28 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 26, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2019Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- 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
- Government Operations and Politics
- Political parties and affiliation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Subversive activities
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Introduced in House
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