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H.R. 825: United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act

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H.R. 825: United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-10 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act

Plain summary

United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act This bill states that among the principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives for trade agreements with foreign countries regarding commercial partnerships are to: discourage actions by potential trading partners that discourage commercial activity solely between the United States and Israel; discourage politically motivated actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel and to seek the elimination of politically motivated non-tariff barriers on Israeli commerce; and seek the elimination of state-sponsored unsanctioned foreign boycotts against Israel or compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel. The President is directed to report annually to Congress on politically motivated acts of boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to require a foreign issuer traded on the U.S. stock market to disclose in its quarterly or annual report: whether the issuer has discriminated against doing business with Israel in the last calendar year; whether the issuer has been advised by a foreign government or a non-member state of the United Nations (U.N.) to discriminate against doing business with Israel, entities owned or controlled by Israel, or entities operating in Israel or Israeli-controlled territory; and any instances where the issuer has learned that a person, foreign government, or a non-member state of the U.N. is boycotting the issuer, divesting itself of an ownership interest in the issuer, or placing sanctions on the issuer because of the issuer's relationship with Israel. No U.S. court may recognize or enforce any judgment by a foreign court against a U.S. person carrying out business operations in Israel or in any territory controlled by Israel, and on which is based a determination by the foreign court that the location in Israel, or in any territory controlled by Israel, of the facilities at which the business operations are carried out is sufficient to constitute a violation of law.

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Official text

United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · 72 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Juan Vargas (D-CA), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Brian Babin (R-TX), Austin Scott (R-GA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Rick W. Allen (R-GA) and 12 more.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr825 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114