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S. 5478

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A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · September 23, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced
September 23, 2026
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The GRANITE Act amends federal law to prevent U.S. courts from enforcing foreign judgments and legal orders that restrict free speech or expression in ways that would violate the First Amendment if imposed domestically. The legislation applies to foreign censorship laws that restrict or penalize speech based on content or viewpoint, target expression or expressive conduct, or demand disclosures that would discourage people from speaking freely. U.S. citizens and residents who face foreign censorship judgments can sue in federal district court to have those judgments declared unenforceable in America. The bill also strips foreign governments of sovereign immunity protections that might otherwise shield them from these lawsuits. This legislation is designed to protect Americans from being bound by censorship laws from authoritarian or restrictive regimes while allowing them to continue operating within the United States.

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