[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 347 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 347

To deny nondiscriminatory (MFN) treatment to countries that participate 
         in, or cooperate with, the economic boycott of Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To deny nondiscriminatory (MFN) treatment to countries that participate 
         in, or cooperate with, the economic boycott of Israel.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anti-Boycott MFN Restriction Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Certain countries maintain an economic boycott that 
        includes a secondary boycott of companies that have investments 
        in or trade with Israel.
            (2) The secondary boycott deprives United States firms of 
        trade opportunities and violates internationally accepted 
        principles of free trade.
            (3) The countries that engage in the boycott enjoy most-
        favored-nation status with the United States, but have resisted 
        requests by the United States to end the boycott.
            (4) Therefore, countries participating in the secondary 
        boycott of products of United States firms that trade with 
        Israel should be denied most-favored-nation status until they 
        end their participation in this boycott.

SEC. 3. DENIAL OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT TO COUNTRIES THAT 
              PARTICIPATE IN, OR COOPERATE WITH, THE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT 
              OF ISRAEL.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nondiscriminatory 
treatment (most-favored nation treatment) shall not apply to the 
products of any country that has engaged in practices that have 
resulted in that country being listed under section 999(a)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a country that requires or may require 
participation in, or cooperation with, the international boycott 
directed against Israel, until such time as that country is removed 
from that list.

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