House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025
Official title: To limit the availability of civil actions affected by United States sanctions.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Hunt R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee actionMar 26, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6194.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6194, Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act” on June 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62495
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6194, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6194
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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. HUNT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4877):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6194, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6194
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2c2dc284c202dbf9eb99f0ac743f3b16772b5b1401181cd72d49f25da6eb42c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 3, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Hunt.
- H.R. 3592 (119th) Protect LNG Act of 2025
- H.R. 2556 (119th) CORE Act of 2025
- H.R. 2599 (119th) POWER Act of 2025
- H.R. 6035 (119th) Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3591 (119th) Carla Walker Act
- H.J.Res. 146 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring Members of Congress to demonstrate competence in American civics.
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.