Bill would ban foreign officials for unfair treatment of U.S. companies.
H.R. 9834 — No Racketeers on our Shores Act · Filed by Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill says foreign government officials cannot enter the U.S. if they treated American companies unfairly. They gave American companies harsher rules, fines, or taxes than foreign companies got. Foreign officials could be deported for doing this.
Who it affects
American companies that do business in other countries could be protected. Foreign government officials could be banned from the U.S. Foreign governments might respond by treating American officials or companies differently.
One thing to notice
The bill does not define what counts as unfair treatment. It does not say what makes two companies similar enough to compare.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- deported — forced to leave a country
- foreign companies — businesses based in other countries
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,617 characters) on Jul 29, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-01.
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