Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9567 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9567

 To protect individual liberties guaranteed under the constitution of
      the United States of America and laws made pursuant thereto.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2026

Mr. Self (for himself, Mr. Crane, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gosar, Mr.
  Moore of Alabama, and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill;
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 To protect individual liberties guaranteed under the constitution of
      the United States of America and laws made pursuant thereto.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Our Constitution Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Constitution of the United States of America and
        the laws made pursuant thereto are the supreme law of the
        United States of America.
            (2) The individual rights and liberties guaranteed and
        protected by the Constitution of the United States of America
        are the envy of the world.
            (3) Such liberties have encouraged individual genius to
        flourish in this Nation to the mutual benefit of all Americans
        and the world.
            (4) The principle of individual liberty is not simply a
        slogan for outside consumption but a reality for all Americans.
            (5) The role of elected officials of the United States is
        to secure and protect for its citizens as well as subsequent
        generations the liberties provided to us by our Founders.
            (6) The existence of such liberties has been a beacon to
        draw immigrants from around the world yearning to live free.
            (7) There are other legal and political systems in the
        world whose principles and laws diminish or destroy individual
        liberty and lead to individual subservience to governing
        authorities to the dread and misfortune of the people so
        governed.
            (8) The people of the United States of America desire to
        preserve the blessings of liberty and the rule of law for
        themselves and their posterity and ensure that no foreign legal
        or political systems in conflict or incompatible with our laws,
        traditions, and individual liberties are applied in the United
        States courts.
            (9) It is the Congress of the United States which possesses
        the authority to establish and regulate the jurisdiction of
        Federal courts and other adjudicative bodies.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of Congress to protect and promote
for ourselves and our posterity the individual rights and privileges
granted by our Founders under the Constitution of the United States of
America and the laws made pursuant thereto.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF LAWS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
              UNITED STATES.

    The United States, its territories, possessions, and any Federal
adjudicative bodies, including courts, judges, magistrates,
administrative bodies, and all other instrumentalities thererof, may
not recognize or enforce any foreign law, religious law, custom, or
practice that is in conflict or incompatible with the Constitution of
the United States of America and the laws, rules, and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``foreign law'' includes any law, rule, or
        regulation of jurisdictions outside the United States of
        America and its territories and possessions and/or which does
        not recognize and protect the same or equivalent individual
        rights and liberties guaranteed under the Constitution of the
        United States of America.
            (2) The term ``religious law, custom, or practice'' means
        any law, rule, or regulation constituting, implementing, or
        enforcing a religious system, belief, code, or ethnic or tribal
        custom or practice.
            (3) The term ``laws, customs, and practices'' includes
        those laws, customs, and practices, which permit, enforce, or
        implement any of the following:
                    (A) Prejudicial treatment of women or persons of a
                particular race, religion, ethnicity, social class, or
                caste before the law.
                    (B) Prohibition of the right to leave, change, or
                renounce one's religion or belief.
                    (C) Prohibition of otherwise protected speech or
                assembly.
                    (D) Plural marriages.
                    (E) Marriages of convenience or contracts for
                sexual services.
                    (F) Forced or underage marriages.
                    (G) Violence against women and children, excluding
                reasonable parental discipline of children.
                    (H) Politically or religiously motivated physical
                violence or homicide.
                    (I) Cruel and unusual punishments as prohibited by
                the 8th Amendment to the United States Constitution,
                including, but not limited to, punishments such as
                amputation, lashing, flogging, stoning, branding, or
                piercing.
                    (J) Female genital mutilation.
                    (K) Human sacrifice.

SEC. 5. WAYS IN WHICH INCOMPATIBLE LAWS MAY NOT BE APPLIED OR ENFORCED.

    (a) Contractual Enforcement.--The courts, judges, magistrates,
administrative agencies, or other adjudicative entities of the United
States may not enforce contractual provisions or agreements that
provide for the choice of law described in section 2 to govern its
interpretation, performance, or implementation, or to resolve any claim
or dispute.
    (b) Choice of Law.--The courts, judges, magistrates, administrative
agencies, or other adjudicative entities of the United States shall not
enforce contractual provisions or agreements that provide for forums in
which courts, judges, magistrates, or other adjudicative entities are
governed by or apply laws described in section 2.
    (c) Civil Procedure.--The courts, judges, magistrates,
administrative agencies, or other adjudicative entities of the United
States shall not recognize or enforce any other motion, petition, or
similar request for relief which violates section 2.
    (d) Foreign Decisions.--The courts, judges, magistrates,
administrative agencies, or other adjudicative entities of the United
States shall not recognize or enforce a decision rendered by any
foreign court, administrative agency, or other adjudicative entity if
that decision was governed by or applied laws described in section 2.
    (e) Venue.--A court shall not dismiss an action on grounds of forum
non conveniens if the court determines that any alternative forum does
not provide procedures and substantive protections sufficient to ensure
that each litigant's constitutional rights, including equal protection
and due process, will not be denied.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that section 4 sets forth the strong
public policy of the United States.

SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

    (a) In General.--If any provision of this Act is found to be
unconstitutional, all other provisions shall remain in full force and
effect.
    (b) Arbitration.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair
the enforcement of arbitration agreements or awards pursuant to the
Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. 1, et seq.), except to the extent
enforcement would violate rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States.

SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Failure to comply with this Act shall constitute
reversible error on appeal.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to
create a cause of action for injunctive relief or compensatory damages.
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