[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1192 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1192

To amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to grant a private right 
   of action to persons injured by reason of a violation of the anti-
              boycott provisions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 1995

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
  on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to grant a private right 
   of action to persons injured by reason of a violation of the anti-
              boycott provisions, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

    Section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2410) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Private Right of Action.--Any person injured in his or her 
business or property by reason of a violation of the regulations issued 
pursuant to section 8(a) may sue therefor in any appropriate United 
States district court against the United States person committing the 
violation and shall recover the damages such person sustains and the 
cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. In any such 
action the court may award punitive damages. An action may be brought 
under this subsection against a United States person whether or not the 
United States person has been determined under this section to have 
committed the violation on account of which the action is brought.''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL PENALTY FOR ANTI-BOYCOTT VIOLATION.

    Section 11(c)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2410(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``except that''; and
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, and 
        (B) the civil penalty for each such violation of the 
        regulations issued under section 8 may not exceed $50,000.''.
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