Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6194 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6194 To limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Mr. Hunt (for himself, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Gill of Texas, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Lieu, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the policy of the United States-- (1) to ensure that United States persons are not disadvantaged for actions or omissions undertaken to comply with United States sanctions or export controls; and (2) to ensure that foreign persons, or persons acting on their behalf, cannot obtain compensation for any action related to United States persons attempting in good faith to comply with their obligations under United States sanctions or export controls. SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTIONS AFFECTED BY UNITED STATES SANCTIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 1660. Limitation on civil actions affected by United States sanctions ``(a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any provision of law, no person (other than the United States or a person acting on behalf of the United States) may bring a civil action in Federal or State court to enforce any foreign judgment or foreign arbitral award arising from a claim where-- ``(1) the un