[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2645 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2645

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent the Thrift Savings 
        Fund from investing in any company that boycotts Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2015

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent the Thrift Savings 
        Fund from investing in any company that boycotts Israel.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON INVESTMENT OF THE THRIFT SAVINGS FUND.

    Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                            ``(i)(I) Notwithstanding any other 
                        provision of law, no amounts may be invested 
                        under this section in any company that boycotts 
                        Israel.
                            ``(II) In this clause--
                                    ``(aa) the term `boycotts Israel' 
                                means engaging in actions that are 
                                politically motivated and are intended 
                                to penalize, inflict economic harm on, 
                                or otherwise limit commercial relations 
                                with Israel or companies based in 
                                Israel or in territories controlled by 
                                Israel; and
                                    ``(bb) the term `company' means any 
                                sole proprietorship, organization, 
                                association, corporation, partnership, 
                                joint venture, limited partnership, 
                                limited liability partnership, limited 
                                liability company, or other entity or 
                                business association, including all 
                                wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-
                                owned subsidiaries, parent countries or 
                                affiliates of those entities or 
                                business associations, that exist for 
                                the purpose of making profit.''.
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