# 119-hr-10364: American Copyright Protection Act of 2026

119-hr-10364, American Copyright Protection Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10364
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Copyright Protection Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-01

## Summary

**This bill would create a federal system for court-ordered blocking of foreign piracy sites.** It lets copyright owners ask U.S. courts to declare foreign online locations as foreign piracy sites and to order named U.S.-facing service providers to take commercially reasonable steps to block access.

## Provisions PRIA read

- How operators can challenge orders: benefit, medium. If enacted, an operator of an accused foreign site could move at any time to rescind a declaration or blocking order. To get rescission, the operator would generally need to submit to the court's jurisdiction for related claims, waive certain venue objections, post a court‑set bond to secure potent…
- Protections and payback for providers: benefit, medium. If enacted, named providers who follow a court blocking order would get legal protections and limited liability when they act in good faith. The bill would bar money claims against providers for merely providing access unless the provider acted in "active concert" with the pirate site. Named provid…
- How blocking orders would work: mixed, high. If enacted, copyright owners could sue in federal court to declare a foreign site a "foreign piracy site" and ask courts to order named providers to block U.S. access. Orders would require named providers to take commercially reasonable steps and give providers 14 to 30 days after notice to impleme…
- Who counts as a service provider: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would define which internet companies the rules cover. Big firms like broadband ISPs, DNS services, and VPNs would be included. Small services with fewer than 100,000 monthly U.S. users and places that just offer on-site Wi‑Fi (libraries, airports, restaurants, stores, campuses…
- Federal reports and state preemption: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Register of Copyrights would report to Congress on how the law is working two years and five years after the law's effective date. The bill would also preempt state and local laws that try to regulate foreign digital copyright piracy online or create equivalent rights or remedies.
- When the rules would start: mixed, medium. If enacted, most of the bill would take effect six months after enactment. However, the bill's limits on monetary relief and on injunctive or equitable relief would be effective on the date of enactment. That staging would give some immediate protections while delaying other operational duties.
- Where these cases would be heard: mixed, medium. If enacted, chapter cases would be filed only in federal district courts the Judicial Conference designates. The Judicial Conference must pick how many judges are needed within 6 months and update that decision every 5 years. Cases filed in undesignated districts would be transferred to the nearest…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-10364 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10364)

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- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-1927: CLEAR Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1927)
- [119-hr-4073: Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4073)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10364 (as of 2026-10-01).