GRANITE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5478 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5478

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of 
         foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2026

    Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the enforcement of 
         foreign censorship judgments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel 
International Tyranny and Extortion Act'' or the ``GRANITE Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN CENSORSHIP JUDGMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 181 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4106. Limitation on enforcement of foreign censorship judgments
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section:
            ``(1) Foreign censorship law.--The term `foreign censorship 
        law' means any law of a foreign state that--
                    ``(A)(i) has the primary purpose or substantial 
                effect of restricting or penalizing expression, 
                expressive conduct, or expressive association;
                    ``(ii) targets expression, expressive conduct, or 
                expressive association based on its content, viewpoint, 
                or speaker identity; or
                    ``(iii) compels disclosure that would reasonably 
                chill that expression, expressive conduct, or 
                expressive association; and
                    ``(B) would conflict with the protections of the 
                First Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
                States if recognized in the United States.
            ``(2) Foreign state.--The term `foreign state' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 1603.
    ``(b) Limitation on Enforcement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of Federal or State law, a domestic court shall not recognize 
or enforce a foreign judgment, or a fine, order, or demand issued by a 
foreign court or a foreign state, enforcing a foreign censorship law.
    ``(c) Right of Action.--A United States person against whom a 
foreign judgment described in subsection (b) is entered, or upon whom a 
judgment, fine, order, or demand described in subsection (b) is served 
or purportedly served, may bring an action in an appropriate district 
court of the United States seeking declaratory relief that such 
judgment, fine, order, or demand is unenforceable under subsection 
(b).''.
    (b) No Sovereign Immunity.--Section 1605(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) under section 4106.''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 181 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``4106. Limitation on enforcement of foreign censorship judgments.''.
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