HR 6940 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Introduced Mar 3, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Lee M. Zeldin R-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 3, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 3, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Israel Anti-Boycott Act

This bill prohibits participation by certain entities and individuals in boycotts or requests for boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (i.e., the United Nations and the European Union).

Specifically, the bill applies to covered persons the prohibition of specified actions in compliance with or in support of a boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. The bill defines a covered person as a domestic concern, the U.S. government or a state government, or a representative or official of such domestic concern or government. The bill also adds to the list of specified prohibited actions the act of furnishing information to any foreign country or international governmental organization that furthers an imposed boycott.

Under current law, a person who violates the prohibitions against such boycotts may be subject to a monetary fine or imprisonment; however, the bill removes imprisonment as a potential penalty for certain violations.

Cosponsors 59

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2022 to Jun 15, 2022; 46 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-GAA. Drew Ferguson IVOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-KYAndy BarrOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-MOAnn WagnerOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-MOBilly LongOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-CODoug LambornOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-INJackie WalorskiOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-KSJake LaTurnerOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-CAMichelle SteelOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-CAMike GarciaOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-NYNicole MalliotakisOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalMar 3, 2022
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-KSRon EstesOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-PAScott PerryOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-NCTed BuddOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-MOVicky HartzlerOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalMar 3, 2022
R-CAKen CalvertMar 8, 2022
R-TXRonny JacksonMar 8, 2022
R-CATom McClintockMar 8, 2022
R-FLMichael WaltzMar 11, 2022
R-INGreg PenceMar 15, 2022
R-MOJason SmithMar 18, 2022
R-ILDarin LaHoodMar 28, 2022
R-OHTroy BaldersonMar 29, 2022
R-MNTom EmmerApr 4, 2022
R-INJim BanksJun 9, 2022
R-NYJohn KatkoJun 14, 2022
R-ALMike RogersJun 14, 2022
R-NYChris JacobsJun 15, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 3, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 3, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Mar 3, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 39, March 3, 2022, page H1303.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To impose additional prohibitions relating to foreign boycotts under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 3, 2022Introduced in House

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