H.R. 5488 · 118th Congress

Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023

Introduced on Sep 14, 2023 by Mike Johnson (R-LA-4). 26 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 14, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 14, 2023
Cosponsors
26
0 from the other party
Policy area
Law
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike JohnsonR-LA-4Sponsor

Republicans · 26

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Sep 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION14 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)
  2. Liberty Mutual Group10 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.9 reports
    $163.8M reported (all issues)
  4. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform9 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)
  5. American Property Casualty Insurance Association fka Property Casualty Insurers5 reports
    $212K reported (all issues)
  6. Chubb INA Holdings Inc.5 reports
    $3.2M reported (all issues)
  7. Common Cause5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  9. SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  10. Sentry Insurance Company (Formerly Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company)5 reports
    $485K reported (all issues)
  11. THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC.5 reports
    $187.5K reported (all issues)
  12. U.S. Chamber of Commerce fka U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Institute for Legal Reform5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  13. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY4 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  14. INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC.4 reports
    $840K reported (all issues)
  15. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.4 reports
    $7.7M reported (all issues)
  16. The Institute for Legal Reform - U.S. Chamber of Commerce4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  17. Zurich4 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  18. American Association for Justice3 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  19. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY2 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  20. THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.1 report

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.