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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4278 
To improve protections with respect to foreign regulation for certain entities 
integral to the national interests of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 2, 2025 
Mr. FITZGERALD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To improve protections with respect to foreign regulation 
for certain entities integral to the national interests of 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Protect U.S. Compa-
nies from Foreign Regulatory Taxation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The ability of citizens of the United States 
to engage in international commerce is a funda-
mental policy concern of the United States. 
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(2) Entities in the digital sector contribute sig-
nificantly to the prosperity of the United States and 
the growth of the world economy. 
(3) The United States has a strategic advan-
tage in the responsible development and deployment 
of artificial intelligence and other critical and emerg-
ing technologies. 
(4) Investments in digital infrastructure and in-
novation by the United States are a critical exten-
sion of the influence and leadership of the United 
States abroad. 
(5) Digital innovation in the United States 
drives economic growth, streamlines government effi-
ciency, and promotes job creation. 
(6) The national security of the United States 
is strengthened when United States technology is 
the backbone of the digital services of the world. 
(7) United States leadership with respect to 
technology is under threat due to the proliferation of 
foreign regulations that target companies from the 
United States and seek to make United States dig-
ital services less competitive. 
(8) Restrictions, particularly restrictions adopt-
ed unilaterally by foreign countries, that are sub-
stantially different from restrictions applied by the 
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United States and that unreasonably hinder the abil-
ity of entities integral to the national interests of the 
United States to pursue commercial activities can 
have serious adverse effects on employment, eco-
nomic stability, scientific progress, and international 
trade, with the potential to impede domestic and for-
eign policy goals. 
(9) The United States has an essential security 
interest in protecting the safety of the citizens of the 
United States, securing supply chains for strategi-
cally significant industries and infrastructure, and 
ensuring that industrial sectors related to national 
security are protected from the influence and control 
of malign foreign entities. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN REGU-
LATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No judgment against an entity 
integral to the national interests of the United States by 
a court or agency of a foreign government with respect 
to a foreign digital market regulation may be recognized 
or enforced by any Federal or State court or agency unless 
otherwise provided for in an Act of Congress. 
(b) ACTIONS BY PRESIDENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to take any action the President determines is in the 
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public interest to protect an entity integral to the 
national interests of the United States from an ad-
verse action by a court or agency of a foreign gov-
ernment with respect to a foreign digital market reg-
ulation. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST.—In 
determining under paragraph (1) whether an action 
is in the public interest, the President shall consider 
the impact of the relevant adverse action on— 
(A) consumers and businesses in the 
United States; 
(B) the economic and technological secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(C) the foreign relations of the United 
States, including existing international commit-
ments. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CORE
PLATFORM
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘core platform service’’ has the meaning given such 
term in article 2 of chapter I of the Digital Markets 
Act. 
(2) DIGITAL MARKETS ACT.—The term ‘‘Digital 
Markets Act’’ means— 
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(A) regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the Eu-
ropean Parliament and of the Council of 14 
September 2022 on contestable and fair mar-
kets in the digital sector and amending Direc-
tives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 
(Digital Markets Act); and 
(B) any successor to such regulation. 
(3) END-USER.—The term ‘‘end-user’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 301 of the Com-
prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541). 
(4) ENTITY INTEGRAL TO THE NATIONAL IN-
TERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘enti-
ty integral to the national interests of the United 
States’’ means any entity— 
(A) that— 
(i) does business with the Federal 
Government, including through Federal 
contract awards or leases; 
(ii) is organized under the laws of a 
State; 
(iii) provides a core platform service; 
and 
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(iv) is required to comply with re-
quirements under a foreign digital market 
regulation; or 
(B) that the President otherwise deter-
mines is integral to the national interests of the 
United States. 
(5) FOREIGN DIGITAL MARKET REGULATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foreign dig-
ital market regulation’’ means any law, regula-
tion, or other legal instrument adopted by a for-
eign government that requires an entity to— 
(i) provide interoperability with re-
spect to any operating systems of such en-
tity; 
(ii) disclose information protected 
under the laws of the United States, in-
cluding with respect to intellectual prop-
erty rights, proprietary algorithms, or 
trade secret protections; 
(iii) restrict the use of personal data 
lawfully collected under the laws of the 
United States, including if collected for the 
purpose of providing online advertising 
services; 
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(iv) provide sensitive data to third 
parties, including ranking, query, click, 
and view data related to free and paid 
searches generated by end-users or any 
other customer data; 
(v) promote rival entities by prohib-
iting the entity from giving more favorable 
treatment to the services and products of 
the entity as compared to equivalent serv-
ices and products offered by rival entities; 
(vi) ensure that rival entities are per-
mitted to communicate with users, promote 
offers, and conclude contracts through 
channels other than channels controlled by 
the entity, including in relation to users 
acquired via the services of the entity; 
(vii) provide for data portability, limit 
marketing, or limit competitive pricing 
measures; or 
(viii) cease ordinary business oper-
ations without a finding of fault or a dem-
onstration of immediate and irreparable 
harm by an authorized adjudicatory body. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘foreign dig-
ital market regulation’’ does not apply to any 
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law, regulation, or other legal instrument that 
is substantively similar to a law, regulation, or 
other legal instrument established by an Act of 
Congress. 
(C) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘foreign digital 
market regulation’’ includes the Digital Mar-
kets Act. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
and each territory or possession of the United 
States. 
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