Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025

Sponsor: John Cornyn (Republican-TX)September 29, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Blocks foreign lawsuits against Americans who follow U.S. sanctions.

This bill would block certain foreign lawsuits in U.S. courts against Americans who followed U.S. sanctions. It aims to protect U.S. individuals and businesses from being penalized for complying with federal rules, allowing them to dismiss such cases quickly.

What Would Change

Today, people can sometimes bring lawsuits in U.S. courts to enforce foreign judgments or awards, even if those judgments stem from actions taken to follow U.S. sanctions. This bill would prohibit these types of lawsuits in U.S. federal or state courts, protecting U.S. individuals and businesses who comply with sanctions. It would also allow defendants in such cases to have them quickly dismissed.

Key Provisions

Blocks people (other than the U.S. government) from using U.S. courts to enforce foreign judgments or awards that resulted from following U.S. sanctions.
Lets defendants move these types of foreign judgment enforcement lawsuits to a U.S. federal court, which would then dismiss the case.
Preserves the U.S. government's power to take action under existing laws, including agencies like the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Protects the rights of U.S. victims of international terrorism, torture, or other serious crimes, and their families, to seek justice.
Preserves the rights of parties to a contract who agreed to settle their disputes in U.S. courts or through U.S. arbitration.

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Lobbying Activity

6 filings mentioned this bill

Top Lobbying Clients

TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA)

2 filings

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

11 filings

EBAY INC.

1 filing

Top Lobbying Firms

1.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.11 filings

2.TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)2 filings

3.EBAY INC.1 filing

Amounts reflect total quarterly lobbying spend reported to the Senate, not bill-specific spending. Source: Senate LDA filings.