I 
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 Representa-
tives 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 under-
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taken to comply with United States sanctions or ex-
port 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 at-
tempting in good faith to comply with their obliga-
tions under United States sanctions or export con-
trols. 
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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 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 underlying conduct or circumstances 
giving rise to the claim resulted from actions to com-
ply with United States sanctions impeding the per-
formance of a contract; or 
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‘‘(2) the court or tribunal issuing the judgment 
or arbitral award asserted jurisdiction based, in 
whole or in part, on the imposition of United States 
sanctions or export controls (or any foreign law en-
acted in response to the imposition of United States 
sanctions or export controls). 
‘‘(b) REMOVAL AND DISMISSAL.—An action to recog-
nize or enforce a foreign judgment or foreign arbitral 
award described in subsection (a) may be removed by any 
defendant to the appropriate United States district court, 
which shall dismiss the action. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit— 
‘‘(1) the authority of the President, any dele-
gate of the President (including the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treas-
ury), or any other officer or official of the United 
States to bring any action or exercise any responsi-
bility under any applicable State or Federal law; 
‘‘(2) any right, remedy, or cause of action avail-
able to a victim of international terrorism, torture, 
extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage 
taking, who is, or was at the time of the victim’s in-
jury, a national of the United States, a member of 
the United States Armed Forces, an employee of the 
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United States Government, or an individual per-
forming a contract awarded by the United States 
Government acting within the scope of the individ-
ual’s employment, or a family member of any such 
victim, under any applicable State or Federal law, 
including— 
‘‘(A) chapter 97 of this title; 
‘‘(B) chapter 113B of title 18; and 
‘‘(C) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.) and any other laws providing for the ap-
plication of sanctions with respect to Iran or 
Syria; 
‘‘(3) any right, remedy, or cause of action avail-
able to any party arising under or relating to the 
party’s contractual rights (other than an action to 
enforce a foreign judgment or foreign arbitral award 
described in subsection (a)) where the parties agreed 
to resolve all disputes by litigation in a State or 
Federal court within the United States or by arbi-
tration within the United States; or 
‘‘(4) any other right, remedy, or cause of action 
available to any party arising under State or Federal 
law (other than an action to enforce a foreign judg-
ment or foreign arbitral award described in sub-
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section (a)) where the underlying conduct or cir-
cumstances giving rise to the claim resulted from the 
imposition of United States sanctions or export con-
trols. 
‘‘(d) UNITED STATES SANCTIONS DEFINED.—In this 
section: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘United States 
sanctions’ means any prohibition, restriction, or con-
dition on transactions involving any property in 
which any foreign country or national thereof has 
any interest that is imposed by the United States to 
address threats to the national security, foreign pol-
icy, or economy of the United States pursuant to— 
‘‘(A) section 203 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1702); or 
‘‘(B) any other provision of law, including 
any provision of law relating to export controls. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The term ‘United States sanc-
tions’ does not include the imposition of a duty on 
the importation of goods.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1659 the following new item: 
‘‘1660. Limitation on civil actions affected by United States sanctions.’’. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—Section 1660 of title 28, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies with re-
spect to civil actions pending on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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