DETERRENCE Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Deterring External Threats and Ensuring Robust Responses to Egregious and Nefarious Criminal Endeavors Act or the DETERRENCE Act
This bill establishes sentencing enhancements for various federal criminal offenses if the offenses are directed by or coordinated with a foreign government.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 21, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2024Discharged Dec 18, 2024 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 18, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 18, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 17, 2024Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 17, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7098-7099; text: CR S7098-7099)
- Nov 21, 2024Introduced in Senate
- Nov 21, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7098Text printed S7098 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 17, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1136 | DETERRENCE Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jun 11, 2025 |
| HR 10256 | DETERRENCE Act | Identical bill | Nov 22, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DETERRENCE Act
- Deterring External Threats and Ensuring Robust Responses to Egregious and Nefarious Criminal Endeavors Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- DETERRENCE Act
- Deterring External Threats and Ensuring Robust Responses to Egregious and Nefarious Criminal Endeavors Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 21, 2024Introduced in Senate
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.
