Summary

Prohibits private parties from asking U.S. state or federal courts to recognize or enforce foreign judgments or arbitral awards that arise from or rely on claims tied to compliance with U.S. sanctions or export controls. It allows defendants to remove such enforcement attempts to federal court, which must dismiss them, while preserving specified U.S. government enforcement powers and a limited set of private claims and contract dispute remedies.

• Prevents private parties from enforcing foreign judgments or arbitral awards in U.S. courts when the claims flow from compliance with U.S. sanctions or export controls or when foreign jurisdiction was based partly on U.S. sanctions.
• Defendants may remove such enforcement suits to federal court, and federal courts must dismiss them.
• Protects U.S. persons who act in good faith to comply with U.S. sanctions or export-control obligations from foreign-money judgments enforced in the U.S.
• Preserves U.S. government enforcement powers and narrow private exceptions (e.g., certain terrorism-related claims and contract forums agreed to be in the U.S.).
• Defines U.S. sanctions broadly under U.S. law and explicitly excludes import duties from that definition.
• Applies to civil actions pending on or after enactment—covering both pending and future cases.
• Does not appropriate funds, create programs, or amend other statutes beyond adding a new section to the U.S. Code table.
• Could shift forum strategy and enforcement tactics for foreign litigants and arbitration claimants seeking U.S. remedies.
• May generate litigation over statutory terms like when conduct "resulted from" sanctions or when a foreign tribunal's jurisdiction was tied to sanctions.