GRANITE Act
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Stage 1 of 4: Introduced
Would block US courts from enforcing foreign censorship orders and let Americans seek a federal declaration that those demands are unenforceable.
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Contact LawmakersWhat it does
H.R.10174 would prevent domestic courts from recognizing or enforcing foreign judgments, fines, orders, or demands that apply a foreign censorship law to speech protected in the United States. A targeted US person could ask a federal district court to declare the foreign measure unenforceable. The bill also creates an exception to foreign sovereign immunity for those cases, but provides declaratory relief rather than damages.
What’s at stake
Foreign regulators can pressure American services into restricting lawful speech without ever asking a US court to enforce an order. The bill gives targets a way to bring that pressure into public US proceedings and establishes that foreign online-speech rules do not override American constitutional protections here.
Our take
The immediate threat is not a foreign court collecting a fine in America. It is platforms quietly complying because resisting is expensive. GRANITE would turn a secret administrative demand into something an American target can challenge openly, while drawing a clear boundary around foreign censorship power.
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Michael Rulli (R-OH)
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Judiciary Committee
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