GRANITE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10174 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10174 To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 27, 2026 Mr. Rulli introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes. 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 ``Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion Act'' or the ``GRANITE Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN CENSORSHIP JUDGMENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 181 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 4106. Limitation on enforcement of foreign censorship judgments ``(a) Limitation on Enforcement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, a domestic court shall not recognize or enforce a foreign judgment, or a fine, order, or demand issued by a foreign court or a foreign state, enforcing a foreign censorship law. ``(b) Right of Action.--A United States person against whom a foreign judgment described in subsection (a) is entered, or upon whom a judgment, fine, order, or demand described in subsection (a) is served or purportedly served, may bring an action in an appropriate district court of the United States seeking declaratory relief that such judgment, fine, order, or demand is unenforceable under subsection (a). ``(c) Definition.--In this section: ``(1) The term `foreign censorship law' means any law of a foreign