Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 21, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 21, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Tony Wied | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Brian Jack | Jan 30, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 21, 2025 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 21, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 21, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 124, July 21, 2025, page H3528.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2368 | Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jul 21, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
