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Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025

H.R. 4577 Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX-11) In committee
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  1. Introduced Jul 21
  2. Committee Jul 21
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Jul 21, 2025Next: House vote
464d ago 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.
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Summary

This bill addresses foreign government seizure of U.S. property and expands trade law to cover expropriation. Section 2 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, with Treasury and State, to identify and designate 'prohibited property', any port, harbor, or marine terminal in a Western Hemisphere free trade partner country that is accessible only through land owned by a U.S. person and that has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized by that government since January 1, 2024. The President must then prohibit any vessel that was loaded or held at such property from importing goods into the U.S., releasing goods or passengers into the U.S., docking passenger vessels in the U.S., or conducting servicing or maintenance activities. Section 3 amends Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to add that expropriation, arbitrary treatment, denial of due process, or nationality-based discrimination against a U.S. person's assets are unreasonable or discriminatory acts, policies, or practices.

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