118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9563 

AN ACT 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans 

3 from Russian Litigation Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

5 It is the policy of the United States— 

6 (1) to ensure that United States persons are 

7 not disadvantaged for actions or omissions under8 taken to comply with United States sanctions and 

9 export controls; and 

10 (2) to ensure that foreign persons, or those act11 ing on their behalf, cannot obtain compensation for 

12 any action directly or indirectly related to United 

13 States persons attempting in good faith to comply 

14 with their obligations under United States sanctions. 

15 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTIONS AFFECTED BY 

16 UNITED STATES SANCTIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 111 of title 28, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘§ 1660. Limitation on civil actions affected by United 

21 States sanctions 

22 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any provision of 

23 law, a person may not bring a civil action in Federal court 

24 to obtain relief for a claim where— 

25 ‘‘(1) the underlying conduct or circumstances 

26 giving rise to the claim resulted from the imposition 
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1 of United States sanctions impeding the perform2 ance of a contract (whether directly or indirectly, or 

3 in whole or in part); and 

4 ‘‘(2) the United States sanctions described in 

5 paragraph (1) went into effect after the date on 

6 which the contract was executed. 

7 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion may be construed to limit— 

9 ‘‘(1) the authority of the President, or any dele10 gate of the President (including the Office of For11 eign Asset Control of the Department of the Treas12 ury), to restrict or authorize legal services, to enter 

13 into a settlement agreement, or to enforce any lien, 

14 judgment, arbitral award, decree, or other order 

15 through execution, garnishment, or other judicial 

16 process; or 

17 ‘‘(2) any right, remedy, or cause of action avail18 able to a victim of international terrorism, torture, 

19 extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage 

20 taking, who is, or was at the time of the victim’s in21 jury, a national of the United States, a member of 

22 the United States Armed Forces, an employee of the 

23 United States Government, or an individual per24 forming a contract awarded by the United States 

25 Government acting within the scope of their employ-
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1 ment, or a family member of any such victim, under 

2 any applicable State or Federal law, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) chapter 97 of this title; 

4 ‘‘(B) chapter 113B of title 18; and 

5 ‘‘(C) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

6 Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 

7 seq.), and any other laws providing for the ap8 plication of sanctions with respect to Iran or 

9 Syria. 

10 ‘‘(c) UNITED STATES SANCTIONS DEFINED.—In this 

11 section, the term ‘United States sanctions’ means any pro12 hibition, restriction, or condition on transactions involving 

13 property in which any foreign country or national thereof 

14 has an interest that is imposed by the United States to 

15 address threats to the national security, foreign policy, or 

16 economy of the United States pursuant to— 

17 ‘‘(1) section 203 of the International Emer18 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702); or 

19 ‘‘(2) any other provision of law, including any 

20 export controls.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9563 

AN ACT 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the 

States sanctions, and for other purposes. availability of civil actions affected by United