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H.R. 5595: Israel Anti-Boycott Act

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H.R. 5595: Israel Anti-Boycott Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-01-13 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-01-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Plain summary

Israel Anti-Boycott Act This bill prohibits participation by certain entities and individuals in boycotts or requests for boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (i.e., the United Nations and the European Union). Specifically, the bill applies to covered persons the prohibition of specified actions in compliance with or in support of a boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. The bill defines a covered person as a domestic concern, the U.S. government or a state government, or a representative or official of such domestic concern or government. The bill also adds to the list of specified prohibited actions the act of furnishing information to any foreign country or international governmental organization that furthers an imposed boycott. Under current law, a person who violates the prohibitions against such boycotts may be subject to a monetary fine or imprisonment; however, the bill removes imprisonment as a potential penalty for certain violations.

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Official text

Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · 64 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Scott Perry (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Mike Rogers (R-AL), James Comer (R-KY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Austin Scott (R-GA), John R. Carter (R-TX), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Ralph Norman (R-SC) and 4 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5595 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116