Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act
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[]
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 | H.R. 4884 | January 25th, 2018 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL) |
25 | Died in Committee |
S. 2313 | January 16th, 2018 | Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD) |
17 | Died in Committee | ||
116th Congress | Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2019 | S. 1060 | April 8th, 2019 | Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD) |
11 | Died in Committee |
Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2020 | H.R. 8463 | September 30th, 2020 | Brad Schneider
(D-IL) |
3 | Died in Committee |
See also[]
- Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)
- Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act (DASKA)
References[]
- ^ Zengerle, Patricia (2019-04-04). "U.S. senators want stiff sanctions to deter Russia election meddling". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Carney, Jordain (2019-12-10). "GOP senator blocks bill aimed at preventing Russia election meddling". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
Categories:
- Proposed legislation of the 115th United States Congress
- Proposed legislation of the 116th United States Congress
- Sanctions legislation
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- Russia–United States relations
- United States sanctions
- United States federal legislation stubs