Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025

Protection for U.S. Persons complying with law: The policy ensures that United States persons are not disadvantaged for actions or omissions taken to comply with United States sanctions or export controls (Section 2).

Prevention of compensation for foreign persons: The bill ensures that foreign persons, or those acting for them, cannot obtain compensation for actions related to United States persons attempting to comply with their obligations under sanctions or export controls in good faith (Section 2).

Legal recourse through dismissal: If a person is facing a civil action to enforce a foreign judgment or award related to sanctions, they can have that action removed to a U.S. district court to be dismissed (Section 3(a) and 3(b)).

Protection of existing rights: The bill preserves the rights of victims of international terrorism, torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage taking if they are U.S. nationals, military members, or government employees (Section 3(c)(2)).

Preservation of domestic dispute resolution: The bill does not limit rights or remedies arising from contractual rights where parties agreed to resolve disputes through litigation or arbitration within the United States (Section 3(c)(3)).

Limitation on foreign judgments and awards: The bill prevents individuals from bringing civil actions in Federal or State courts to enforce foreign judgments or arbitral awards if the underlying conduct resulted from compliance with U.S. sanctions (Section 3(a)(1)).

Jurisdictional limitations: People may be unable to enforce claims if a court or tribunal issued a judgment or award based, even in part, on the imposition of United States sanctions or export controls (Section 3(a)(2)).