H.R. 2589: Antiboycott Act
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H.R. 2589: Antiboycott Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-19 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Antiboycott Act
Plain summary
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.
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Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2589.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2589 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112