Official Summaries

IGO Anti-Boycott Act

This bill penalizes U.S. persons (individuals or entities) that participate in certain boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (IGOs).

The bill expands an existing law that prohibits various actions by U.S. persons in relation to boycotts imposed by foreign governments on a country that is friendly to the United States and not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. This bill applies those prohibitions to similar boycotts imposed by IGOs.

Prohibited actions include (1) refusing to do business with companies organized under the laws of the boycotted country, if the refusal is pursuant to an agreement with or request from the country or IGO imposing the boycott; (2) furnishing information about whether any person has a business relationship with or in the boycotted country; and (3) furnishing information about whether someone is associated with charitable or fraternal organizations that support the boycotted country.

Criminal penalties for willful violations of this law include fines of up to $1 million. In addition to such fines, individuals may be imprisoned for up to 20 years. Civil penalties may include fines and revocations of export licenses for certain national security-related items.

The bill also requires the President to annually submit to Congress and make available to the public a report describing these boycotts and listing the foreign countries and international organizations involved in fostering or imposing them.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 867 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 867

 To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that 
            Act to international governmental organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2025

   Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
    Ciscomani, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Hamadeh 
  of Arizona, Mr. Babin, Mr. Morelle, and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that 
            Act to international governmental organizations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``IGO Anti-Boycott Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTI-BOYCOTT ACT OF 2018.

    The Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 1772 (50 U.S.C. 4841), by inserting ``, or 
        international governmental organization,'' after ``foreign 
        country'' each place it appears.
            (2) In section 1773 (50 U.S.C. 4842), in subsection 
        (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or international governmental 
                organization,'' after ``foreign country,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by 
                inserting ``or international governmental 
                organization'' after ``boycotting country''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), in the first sentence, by 
                inserting ``or international governmental 
                organization'' after ``boycotting country''.
            (3) In section 1773(a) (50 U.S.C. 4842(a)), by adding at 
        the end the following:
            ``(6) Annual report.--The President shall submit to 
        Congress and make available to the public on an annual basis a 
        report that contains--
                    ``(A) a list of those foreign countries and 
                international organizations that foster or impose 
                boycotts and with respect to which this section 
                applies; and
                    ``(B) a description of those boycotts.''.
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