HR 2675

Summary

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.

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA-6]

Cosponsors

26

Policy area

Law

Introduced

2025-04-07

Latest action

2026-06-15: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.

Committee referrals

• Judiciary Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-06-15
• Judiciary Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-11-20
• Judiciary Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-11-18
• Judiciary Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-04-07

Recent actions

• 2026-06-15: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.
• 2026-06-15: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-700.
• 2026-06-15: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-700.
• 2025-11-20: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
• 2025-11-20: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held