The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 9563

Sponsored by Wesley Hunt (R)

Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2024

Would have blocked federal lawsuits over contract losses caused by US sanctions imposed after the contract was signed.

Tradeoff

Would have barred people from suing in federal court over contract losses caused by new US sanctions. It would have kept sanctions-compliant US companies from being sued by foreign parties.

What's in it

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Increases the deficit by a negligible amount, with federal effects under $500,000 per year over 2025-2034.

The small federal cost is only the lost court filing fees and minor administrative updates, while the policy's real impact falls on U.S. companies that can no longer recover damages in federal court for sanctions-related contract failures.

H.R. 9563, Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2024 · Nov 2024

The House passed this bill by on December 3, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 12, 2024)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Sep 12, 2024)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Sep 25, 2024)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 3, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Dec 4, 2024)