House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Johnson R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5488.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To restrict the foreign financing of litigation in American courts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5488, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), J. Hill (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Carol Miller (R-WV), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), John Rose (R-TN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson.
- H.Con.Res. 3 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.
- H.Res. 1126 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 56 (118th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 792 (118th) Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
- H.R. 424 (118th) Leaker Accountability Act of 2023
- H.R. 425 (118th) History and Tradition Protection Act of 2023
Related bills
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.