US HB530 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 530 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 99-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

SECURE Our Democracy Act Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act 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, misappropriate, influence, or alter information related to U.S. political parties, federal election candidates, or the administration of federal elections; or (2) worked or acted as an agent or instrumentality of, or on behalf of, or that was otherwise associated with, 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, an agent or instrumentality of, or working or acting on behalf of, a listed foreign entity or government if such alien knowingly authorized, conspired to commit, was responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise assisted or facilitated 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.

Title

SECURE Our Democracy Act Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act

Sponsors

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-01-13	House	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.
2017-01-13	House	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.
2017-01-13	House	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.
2017-01-13	House	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.
2017-01-13	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB6494 (Related) 2018-07-24 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Rules, 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.