Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025

This bill would require each party in a federal civil lawsuit to tell the court, the other parties, and the Justice Department the name, address, and country of any foreign person, foreign government, or sovereign wealth fund that would be paid based on the lawsuit's outcome. Parties would also have to share copies of those funding agreements and certify, under penalty of perjury, whether money for such agreements comes from foreign sources. The bill would make it unlawful to enter into outcome-based funding agreements paid with money from a foreign government or sovereign wealth fund, and such agreements would be void. The Attorney General would report to Congress each year on foreign funding of federal lawsuits. The rules would apply to pending and future civil cases.

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Sponsors

• John Kennedy Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors