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Jan 31, 2025
Policy Area:
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Jan 31, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Summaries (1)
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<p><strong>IGO Anti-Boycott Act</strong></p><p>This bill penalizes U.S. persons (individuals or entities) that participate in certain boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (IGOs).</p><p>The bill expands an existing law that prohibits various actions by U.S. persons in relation to boycotts imposed by foreign governments on a country that is friendly to the United States and not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. This bill applies those prohibitions to similar boycotts imposed by IGOs.</p><p>Prohibited actions include (1) refusing to do business with companies organized under the laws of the boycotted country, if the refusal is pursuant to an agreement with or request from the country or IGO imposing the boycott; (2) furnishing information about whether any person has a business relationship with or in the boycotted country; and (3) furnishing information about whether someone is associated with charitable or fraternal organizations that support the boycotted country.</p><p>Criminal penalties for willful violations of this law include fines of up to $1 million. In addition to such fines, individuals may be imprisoned for up to 20 years. Civil penalties may include fines and revocations of export licenses for certain national security-related items.</p><p>The bill also requires the President to annually submit to Congress and make available to the public a report describing these boycotts and listing the foreign countries and international organizations involved in fostering or imposing them.</p>
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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Introduced in House
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Subjects (1)
International Affairs
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jan 31, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 6:08 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 867 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 867
To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that
Act to international governmental organizations.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr.
Ciscomani, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Schmidt, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Hamadeh
of Arizona, Mr. Babin, Mr. Morelle, and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that
Act to international governmental organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 867 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 867
To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that
Act to international governmental organizations.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr.
Ciscomani, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Schmidt, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Hamadeh
of Arizona, Mr. Babin, Mr. Morelle, and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that
Act to international governmental organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``IGO Anti-Boycott Act''.
SEC. 2.
The Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 is amended as follows:
(1) In
section 1772 (50 U.
international governmental organization,'' after ``foreign
country'' each place it appears.
(2) In
country'' each place it appears.
(2) In
section 1773 (50 U.
(a)
(1) --
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) , by
inserting ``or international governmental
organization,'' after ``foreign country,'';
(B) in subparagraph
(A) , in the first sentence, by
inserting ``or international governmental
organization'' after ``boycotting country''; and
(C) in subparagraph
(D) , in the first sentence, by
inserting ``or international governmental
organization'' after ``boycotting country''.
(3) In
section 1773
(a) (50 U.
(a) (50 U.S.C. 4842
(a) ), by adding at
the end the following:
``
(6) Annual report.--The President shall submit to
Congress and make available to the public on an annual basis a
report that contains--
``
(A) a list of those foreign countries and
international organizations that foster or impose
boycotts and with respect to which this section
applies; and
``
(B) a description of those boycotts.''.
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