GRANITE Act

This bill would bar U.S. courts, both federal and state, from recognizing or enforcing foreign court judgments, fines, orders, or demands that enforce a foreign "censorship law." A foreign censorship law is defined as a foreign law that restricts or penalizes expression, targets speech based on content, viewpoint, or speaker, or compels disclosure that would chill expression, and that would conflict with the First Amendment if recognized in the United States. A U.S. person facing such a foreign judgment or demand could sue in federal district court to have it declared unenforceable. The bill would also remove foreign governments' immunity from being sued in U.S. courts for these cases.

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Sponsors

• Mike Lee Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors