[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 153 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6774-S6775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3903. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTIONS AFFECTED BY UNITED 
                   STATES SANCTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 111 of title 28, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 1660. Limitation on civil actions affected by United 
       States sanctions

       ``(a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any provision of law, no 
     person (other than the United States or a person acting on 
     behalf of the United States) may bring a civil action in 
     Federal or State court to enforce any foreign judgment or 
     foreign arbitral award arising from a claim where--
       ``(1) the underlying conduct or circumstances giving rise 
     to the claim resulted from actions to comply with United 
     States sanctions impeding the performance of a contract; or
       ``(2) the court or tribunal issuing the judgment or 
     arbitral award asserted jurisdiction based, in whole or in 
     part, on the imposition of United States sanctions or export 
     controls (or any foreign law enacted in response to the 
     imposition of United States sanctions or export controls).
       ``(b) Removal and Dismissal.--An action to recognize or 
     enforce a foreign judgment or foreign arbitral award 
     described in subsection (a) may be removed by any defendant 
     to the appropriate United States district court, which shall 
     dismiss the action.

[[Page S6775]]

       ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to limit--
       ``(1) the authority of the President, any delegate of the 
     President (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
     the Department of the Treasury), or any other officer or 
     official of the United States to bring any action or exercise 
     any responsibility under any applicable State or Federal law;
       ``(2) any right, remedy, or cause of action available to a 
     victim of international terrorism, torture, extrajudicial 
     killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage taking, who is, or was 
     at the time of the victim's injury, a national of the United 
     States, a member of the United States Armed Forces, an 
     employee of the United States Government, or an individual 
     performing a contract awarded by the United States Government 
     acting within the scope of the individual's employment, or a 
     family member of any such victim, under any applicable State 
     or Federal law, including--
       ``(A) chapter 97 of this title;
       ``(B) chapter 113B of title 18; and
       ``(C) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) and any other laws providing 
     for the application of sanctions with respect to Iran or 
     Syria;
       ``(3) any right, remedy, or cause of action available to 
     any party arising under or relating to the party's 
     contractual rights (other than an action to enforce a foreign 
     judgment or foreign arbitral award described in subsection 
     (a)) where the parties agreed to resolve all disputes by 
     litigation in a State or Federal court within the United 
     States or by arbitration within the United States; or
       ``(4) any other right, remedy, or cause of action available 
     to any party arising under State or Federal law (other than 
     an action to enforce a foreign judgment or foreign arbitral 
     award described in subsection (a)) where the underlying 
     conduct or circumstances giving rise to the claim resulted 
     from the imposition of United States sanctions or export 
     controls.
       ``(d) United States Sanctions Defined.--In this section:
       ``(1) In general.--The term `United States sanctions' means 
     any prohibition, restriction, or condition on transactions 
     involving any property in which any foreign country or 
     national thereof has any interest that is imposed by the 
     United States to address threats to the national security, 
     foreign policy, or economy of the United States pursuant to--
       ``(A) section 203 of the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702); or
       ``(B) any other provision of law, including any provision 
     of law relating to export controls.
       ``(2) Duties.--The term `United States sanctions' does not 
     include the imposition of a duty on the importation of 
     goods.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such 
     chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 1659 the following new item:

``1660. Limitation on civil actions affected by United States 
              sanctions.''.
       (c) Application.--Section 1660 of title 28, United States 
     Code, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to 
     civil actions pending on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
                                 ______