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This bill, the SECURE Our Democracy Act or the Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act, aims to expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections for federal office. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It directs the Department of State to identify foreign persons who engaged in U.S. election interference since January 1, 2015, and impose financial and immigration sanctions on those individuals, making them ineligible for U.S. entry visas and requiring the freezing of their assets in the United States. 2. It requires the Department of the Treasury to freeze and prohibit transactions of the listed foreign persons' property and property interests in the United States, and to mandate financial institutions to certify that they have frozen all such assets. 3. It mandates the Secretary of State to submit regular reports to Congress on the actions taken to carry out the bill, including details on the identified foreign persons and their election interference activities. The bill aims to address and deter foreign interference in U.S. elections through targeted sanctions and increased transparency and reporting measures.

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