S. 3983 119th Congress Senate

End Foreign Abuse of United States Courts Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to establish a procedure to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation brought by governments, agents, instrumentalities, and entities of foreign adversaries and other countries that have engaged in a pattern of frivolous litigation against United States persons intended to deter the free exercise of rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 2026 Introduced by: Jeanne Shaheen Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov

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Mar 4, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Louisiana · Mar 4, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3983: End Foreign Abuse of United States Courts Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3983/

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"S. 3983: End Foreign Abuse of United States Courts Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3983/.

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S. 3983, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3983/.

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