US Congress House Bill 2589 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 19 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Antiboycott Act - States that: (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel and the secondary boycott of U.S. firms that have commercial ties with Israel are an impediment to economic development and peace in the Middle East and North Africa; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Commerce should seek an end to the Arab League boycott of Israel. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations prohibiting, with specified exceptions, any U.S. person from taking specified actions that support any boycott imposed by a foreign country against a country that is friendly to the United States and is not itself the object of any form of boycott pursuant to United States law or regulation. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations of such regulations.

Antiboycott Act

Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
2011-07-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2011-07-19	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1361)

HB2004 (Related) 2011-06-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2589/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2589/BILLS-112hr2589ih.pdf