Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025

H.R. 2675 has passed committee review and is eligible for a floor vote. If enacted, the bill would increase transparency and impose restrictions on foreign funding of civil lawsuits in U.S. federal courts. Specifically, the legislation would require parties involved in civil cases to disclose any financial agreements with foreign persons, foreign states, or sovereign wealth funds (investment funds owned by foreign governments) that have a stake in the lawsuit's outcome. Parties would need to provide details including the names, addresses, and citizenship of foreign funders within 30 days of filing or entering into such agreements. The bill would make it unlawful for foreign states and sovereign wealth funds to directly or indirectly fund civil litigation in which they are not named parties, and would void any existing contracts that violate this prohibition. Violations would be treated as discovery violations under federal civil procedure rules, potentially resulting in court sanctions. The Attorney General would be required to submit annual reports to Congress detailing foreign litigation funding activities, including the identities of funders, countries of origin, estimated dollar amounts, and types of cases being funded. The Congressional Budget Office estimates implementation costs at less than $500,000 over five years.