H.R. 9385 — PROTECT USA Act of 2026

This section states congressional findings on the importance of international commerce to United States entities in the extractive and manufacturing sectors, the risks of unilateral foreign restrictions on such activities, and the need to maintain a robust domestic energy supply against extraterritorial sustainability regimes.

This section defines "entity integral to the national interests of the United States" as any U.S.-organized business entity conducting substantial operations in the United States or any entity the President identifies as integral. It also defines "foreign sustainability due diligence regulation" as any foreign law requiring environmental or social impact assessments, mitigation actions, and reporting, explicitly including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and its successors or precursors while excluding substantively similar U.S. laws.

This section prohibits entities integral to the national interests of the United States from complying with any foreign sustainability due diligence regulation. It creates an exception for actions taken to comply with United States statutes or in the ordinary course of business, and establishes a process allowing such entities to petition the President for exemptions, which must be granted unless the President denies the petition in writing within 30 days on national interest grounds after considering effects on domestic value chains, employment, and the economy.

This section prohibits adverse actions against any entity integral to United States national interests for compliance or noncompliance with a foreign sustainability due diligence regulation. It bars United States courts from recognizing related foreign judgments unless authorized by Congress. The section directs the President to take protective actions, after considering effects on consumers, businesses, economic and energy security, and foreign relations, and imposes civil penalties of up to $1,000,000.