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H.R. 2675: Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-04-07 · Law · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.

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Official title

Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act

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Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act This bill limits third-party financing of civil litigation by foreign entities in federal courts and establishes related disclosure requirements. The bill makes it unlawful for a foreign state or sovereign wealth fund to provide any monetary support for a civil action in which it is not a named party. The bill also makes it unlawful for any party or counsel to receive monetary support for civil litigation from a foreign state or sovereign wealth fund that is not a party. The bill also prohibits third-party litigation funding agreements involving money from a foreign state or sovereign wealth fund in which someone other than named parties or counsel of record receives a payment that is contingent on the outcome or proceeds from the civil action or from any matter within a portfolio that includes the civil action. The bill requires any party or counsel in a civil action to disclose the name of any foreign person, state, or sovereign wealth fund that has agreed to provide monetary support for the civil action, has a right to receive a payment contingent upon the outcome of the civil action, or has the right to receive payment that is contingent on proceeds from any matter within a portfolio that includes the civil action. The bill also requires parties to produce the agreement creating a contingent right to payment. These requirements apply to claims that are pending on or commenced after this bill's date of enactment.

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Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] · 26 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr2675 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills