3.0.0 3465 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z Senate S 2016-09-29 114 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-29T16:50:07Z Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 114 6298 HR 2016-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2016-09-29 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2016-09-29 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Arab-Israeli relations Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Corporate finance and management Government lending and loan guarantees Israel Middle East Sanctions Trade restrictions U.S. and foreign investments United Nations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2016-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-22T14:28:38Z Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016

This bill declares that Congress opposes politically motivated boycotts, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel.

The bill amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it shall be U.S. policy to oppose:

  • requests by foreign countries to impose restrictive practices or boycotts against other countries friendly to the United States or against U.S. persons; and
  • restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by an international governmental organization, or requests to impose such practices or boycotts, against Israel.

The bill prohibits U.S. persons engaged in interstate or foreign commerce from:

  • requesting the imposition of any boycott by a foreign country against a country which is friendly to the United States; or
  • supporting any boycott fostered or imposed by an international organization, or requesting imposition of any such boycott, against Israel.

The bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to include as a reason for the Export-Import Bank to deny credit applications for the export of goods and services between the United States and foreign countries, opposition to policies and actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or the Government of Israel.

]]> Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 Display Title Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to include in the prohibitions on boycotts against allies of the United States boycotts fostered by international governmental organizations against Israel and to direct the Export-Import Bank of the United States to oppose boycotts against Israel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3465is/xml/BILLS-114s3465is.xml 2016-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.