U.S. courts stop enforcing foreign judgments against Americans who followed sanctions.

What it does

The bill stops U.S. courts from enforcing judgments that foreign courts issued against Americans. It applies when the foreign judgment came from someone suing over U.S. sanctions. Americans who followed U.S. government sanctions orders get protected from foreign lawsuits in U.S. courts. The bill applies to cases already filed.

Who it affects

U.S. banks, insurance companies, and exporters gain protection from foreign court judgments. Foreign people and companies harmed by U.S. sanctions-related actions lose the ability to sue in U.S. courts.

One thing to notice

Some foreign claimants harmed by terrorism or Iran and Syria sanctions keep court access. Other foreign claimants lose it entirely.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.

• Sep 29, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Sep 29, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
• Mar 26, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report”
• Apr 28, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2073-2074; text: CR S2073-2074)”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

7 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 10 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $63,415,060 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 26 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 86% of bills with any report.

John Cornyn, who sponsored the bill, received $2,071,484 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $54,660,000 in 3 reports
• Toyota Motor North America Inc (tma) — $3,483,687 in 2 reports
• National Association of Manufacturers — $2,730,000 in 1 report
• Honeywell International — $1,610,000 in 1 report
• Ebay Inc. — $580,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• sanctions — Rules that ban or limit trade and money dealings with certain countries or people.
• judgments — Official decisions made by a court in a case.
• enforcing — Making sure a court decision or rule is followed and carried out.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.