House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025
Official title: To take measures with respect to certain property that is nationalized or expropriated by certain foreign governments, to amend section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to include expropriation of the assets of United States persons in acts, policies, and practices of foreign countries that are unreasonable or discriminatory, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
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- Passed House—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4577.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 124, July 21, 2025, Page H3528):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 18, 2026). 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
39 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 39 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Brian Jack (R-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Tim Moore (R-NC), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), David Rouzer (R-NC) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
- H.R. 7022 (119th) Mystic Alerts Act
- H.J.Res. 35 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 1949 (119th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
- H.R. 884 (119th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 7084 (119th) Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
- H.R. 881 (119th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.