PROTECT USA Act of 2026

This bill would bar U.S.-organized businesses with substantial U.S. operations, and other businesses the President identifies, from complying with foreign laws that require companies to assess, address, and report the environmental or social impacts of their operations or supply chains, including the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Businesses could still take actions to follow U.S. law or in the ordinary course of business, such as answering consumer or investor questions. A business could ask the President for a hardship exemption, which would be granted unless the President denies it in writing within 30 days. The bill would also bar U.S. and state courts from recognizing foreign court judgments against these businesses under such foreign laws, and would set a civil penalty of up to $1,000,000 for taking adverse action against a business over its actions related to these foreign laws.

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Sponsors

• Scott Fitzgerald Republican sponsor
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