House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
Official title: To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party funding by foreign persons, to prohibit third-party funding by foreign states and sovereign wealth funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee actionNov 18, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 15, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2675.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2675, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act” on February 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 20, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62197
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2675, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2675
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-700 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 15, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/700
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2675, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2675
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2675, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2675
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 25 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 26 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tim Moore (R-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Keith Self (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
- H.R. 5874 (119th) Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act
Related bills
- S. 3180 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 5488 (118th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 2805 (118th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.