3.0.0 2589 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z House H HR 2011-07-19 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BERMAN:H.R. 2589.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.[Page H5239]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Referred to 2011-10-25T13:03:04Z Referred to 2011-07-19T14:01:25Z Technology Security and Antiboycott Act 112 2004 HR 2011-06-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . Related bill CRS 2011-10-25 hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . Committee 2011-07-19 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2011-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1361) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 N International Affairs Arab-Israeli relations Business ethics Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal preemption Government information and archives Human rights International organizations and cooperation Israel Middle East Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Trade restrictions International Affairs 00 2011-07-19 Introduced in House 2011-09-29T15:01:39Z 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 Display Title Antiboycott Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit certain activities in support of the Arab League boycott of Israel, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Antiboycott Act Introduced in House 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2589ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2589ih.xml 2011-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.