U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 4577
Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025
To take measures with respect to certain property that is nationalized or expropriated by certain foreign governments, to amend section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to include expropriation of the assets of United States persons in acts, policies, and practices of foreign countries that are unreasonable or discriminatory, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- August PflugerR-TX-11
- Introduced
- July 21, 2025, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Foreign Trade and International Finance (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (39)
32 Republicans, 7 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4
- Aaron BeanR-FL-4
- Julia BrownleyD-CA-26
- Tim BurchettR-TN-2
- Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24
- Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1
- John R. CarterR-TX-31
- Ben ClineR-VA-6
- Mike CollinsR-GA-10
- Chuck EdwardsR-NC-11
- Shomari FiguresD-AL-2
- Craig A. GoldmanR-TX-12
- Vicente GonzalezD-TX-34
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr.R-NJ-7
- Morgan LuttrellR-TX-8
- Addison P. McDowellR-NC-6
- John J. McGuire IIIR-VA-5
- Barry MooreR-AL-1
- Tim MooreR-NC-14
- Gary J. PalmerR-AL-6
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-19
- David RouzerR-NC-7
- John H. RutherfordR-FL-5
- Maria Elvira SalazarR-FL-27
- Terri A. SewellD-AL-7
- W. Gregory SteubeR-FL-17
- Dale W. StrongR-AL-5
- Beth Van DuyneR-TX-24
Signed on later
- Mike RogersR-AL-3July 23, 2025
- Rudy Yakym IIIR-IN-2September 15, 2025
- Carlos A. GimenezR-FL-28September 18, 2025
- Blake D. MooreR-UT-1September 18, 2025
- Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA-1September 26, 2025
- Jim CostaD-CA-21October 3, 2025
- Tracey MannR-KS-1October 21, 2025
- Tony WiedR-WI-8October 21, 2025
- Nathaniel MoranR-TX-1November 7, 2025
- Bruce WestermanR-AR-4November 18, 2025
- Brian JackR-GA-3January 30, 2026