[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10174 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10174

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of 
         foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2026

  Mr. Rulli introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of 
         foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel 
International Tyranny and Extortion Act'' or the ``GRANITE Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN CENSORSHIP JUDGMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 181 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4106. Limitation on enforcement of foreign censorship judgments
    ``(a) Limitation on Enforcement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of Federal or State law, a domestic court shall not recognize 
or enforce a foreign judgment, or a fine, order, or demand issued by a 
foreign court or a foreign state, enforcing a foreign censorship law.
    ``(b) Right of Action.--A United States person against whom a 
foreign judgment described in subsection (a) is entered, or upon whom a 
judgment, fine, order, or demand described in subsection (a) is served 
or purportedly served, may bring an action in an appropriate district 
court of the United States seeking declaratory relief that such 
judgment, fine, order, or demand is unenforceable under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `foreign censorship law' means any law of a 
        foreign state that--
                    ``(A)(i) has the primary purpose or substantial 
                effect of restricting or penalizing expression, 
                expressive conduct, or expressive association;
                            ``(ii) targets expression, expressive 
                        conduct, or expressive association based on its 
                        content, viewpoint, or speaker identity; or
                            ``(iii) compels disclosure that would 
                        reasonably chill that expression, expressive 
                        conduct, or expressive association; and
                    ``(B) would conflict with the protections of the 
                First Amendment of the United States Constitution if 
                recognized in the United States.
            ``(2) The term `foreign state' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 1603.''.
    (b) No Sovereign Immunity.--Section 1605(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) under section 4106.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--Chapter 181 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4105 
the following:

``4106. Limitation on enforcement of foreign censorship judgments.''.
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