Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act

Summary

The Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act, known by the acronym DETER, aims to impose sanctions, including new blocking and secondary sanctions, on foreign (primarily, Russian) governments and persons that interfere in any U.S. federal election.[1][2]

History of Bills edit

Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status
115th Congress Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2018 S. 2313 January 16, 2018 Chris Van Hollen

(D-MD)

17 Died in Committee
H.R. 4884 January 25, 2018 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

(R-FL)

25 Died in Committee
116th Congress Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2019 S. 1060 April 8, 2019 Chris Van Hollen

(D-MD)

11 Died in Committee
Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2020 H.R. 8463 September 30, 2020 Brad Schneider

(D-IL)

3 Died in Committee

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Zengerle, Patricia (2019-04-04). "U.S. senators want stiff sanctions to deter Russia election meddling". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. ^ Carney, Jordain (2019-12-10). "GOP senator blocks bill aimed at preventing Russia election meddling". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-10-10.