S985-119

In Committee

PROTECT USA Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Mar 12, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, PROTECT USA Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Foreign Policy, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prevent Regulatory Overreach from Turning Essential Companies into Targets Act of 2025 or the PROTECT USA Act of...
  • Section idd67838f6dc444ebbaf743adba2e0138d: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: The ability of citizens of the United States to engage in international commerce is a fundamental concern of...
  • Section ida762e6bafef94bf38f679d72ed46ae1f: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term entity integral to the national interests of the United States means any partnership, corporation, limited liability...
  • Section idad8d5ecb4f424a6fbe0caf2241dd2bd3: 4. Prohibition on compliance with foreign sustainability due diligence regulations Except as provided in subsection (b), no entity integral to the national...
  • Section id3c037baf5e58484db2f1d1819c736465: 5. Prohibition against adverse action for compliance with this Act No person may take any adverse action towards an entity integral to the national interests...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, PROTECT USA Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Foreign Policy, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, PROTECT USA Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Foreign Policy Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 12, 2025

Mr. Hagerty introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Mar 12, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Foreign Policy Energy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"foreign sustainability due diligence regulation" §ida762e6bafef94bf38f679d72ed46ae1f

any law, regulation, or other legal instrument adopted by a foreign government that requires any person to undertake— an assessment of the environmental or social impacts of its operations or value chain

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