text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Antiboycott Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ANTIBOYCOTT PROVISIONS.
  
      (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
              (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
          boycott of United States firms that have commercial ties with 
          Israel, are an impediment to investment, trade, economic 
          development, and peace in the Middle East and North Africa;
              (2) it is in the common interest of the people of Israel 
          and the Arab states that the Arab League boycott be terminated, 
          that the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel be closed, 
          and that Arab League states normalize relations with their 
          neighbor Israel; and
              (3) the President, the Secretary of State, and the 
          Secretary of Commerce should continue to vigorously oppose the 
          Arab League boycott of Israel and use the authorities enacted 
          into law by Congress to take concrete steps to seek an end to 
          the Arab League boycott.
      (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
              (1) to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts 
          fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other 
          countries friendly to the United States or against any United 
          States person;
              (2) to encourage and, in specified cases, require United 
          States persons engaged in the export of goods or technology or 
          other information to refuse to take actions, including 
          furnishing information or entering into or implementing 
          agreements, which have the effect of furthering or supporting 
          the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed 
          by any foreign country against a country friendly to the United 
          States or against any United States person; and
              (3) to foster international cooperation and the development 
          of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable 
          access to world supplies.
      (c) Prohibitions and Exceptions.--
              (1) Prohibitions.--In order to carry out the purposes set 
          forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of Commerce (in this Act 
          referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall issue regulations 
          prohibiting any United States person, with respect to that 
          person's activities in the interstate or foreign commerce of 
          the United States, from taking or knowingly agreeing to take 
          any of the following actions with intent to comply with, 
          further, or support any boycott fostered or 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:
                      (A) Refusing, or requiring any other person to 
                  refuse, to do business with or in the boycotted 
                  country, with any business concern organized under the 
                  laws of the boycotted country, with any national or 
                  resident of the boycotted country, or with any other 
                  person, pursuant to an agreement with, or requirement 
                  of, or a request from or on behalf of the boycotting 
                  country. The mere absence of a business relationship 
                  with or in the boycotted country with any business 
                  concern organized under the laws of the boycotted 
                  country, with any national or resident of the boycotted 
                  country, or with any other person, does not indicate 
                  the existence of the intent required to establish a 
                  violation of regulations issued to carry out this 
                  subparagraph.
                      (B) Refusing, or requiring any other person to 
                  refuse, to employ or otherwise discriminate against any 
                  United States person on the basis of the race, 
                  religion, sex, or national origin of that person or of 
                  any owner, officer, director, or employee of such 
                  person.
                      (C) Furnishing information with respect to the 
                  race, religion, sex, or national origin of any United 
                  States person or of any owner, officer, director, or 
                  employee of such person.
                      (D) Furnishing information about whether any person 
                  has, has had, or proposes to have any business 
                  relationship (including a relationship by way of sale, 
                  purchase, legal or commercial representation, shipping 
                  or other transport, insurance, investment, or supply) 
                  with or in the boycotted country, with any business 
                  concern organized under the laws of the boycotted 
                  country, with any national or resident of the boycotted 
                  country, or with any other person which is known or 
                  believed to be restricted from having any business 
                  relationship with or in the boycotting country. Nothing 
                  in this subparagraph shall prohibit the furnishing of 
                  normal business information in a commercial context as 
                  defined by the Secretary.
                      (E) Furnishing information about whether any person 
                  is a member of, has made a contribution to, or is 
                  otherwise associated with or involved in the activities 
                  of any charitable or fraternal organization that 
                  supports the boycotted country.
                      (F) Paying, honoring, confirming, or otherwise 
                  implementing a letter of credit that contains any 
                  condition or requirement the compliance with which is 
                  prohibited by regulations issued pursuant to this 
                  paragraph, and no United States person shall, as a 
                  result of the application of this paragraph, be 
                  obligated to pay or otherwise honor or implement such 
                  letter of credit.
              (2) Exceptions.--Regulations issued pursuant to paragraph 
          (1) may provide exceptions for--
                      (A) compliance, or agreement to comply, with 
                  requirements--
                              (i) prohibiting the import of items from 
                          the boycotted country or items produced or 
                          provided, by any business concern organized 
                          under the laws of the boycotted country or by 
                          nationals or residents of the boycotted 
                          country; or
                              (ii) prohibiting the shipment of items to 
                          the boycotting country on a carrier of the 
                          boycotted country or by a route other than that 
                          prescribed by the boycotting country or the 
                          recipient of the shipment;
                      (B) compliance, or agreement to comply, with import 
                  and shipping document requirements with respect to the 
                  country of origin, the name of the carrier and route of 
                  shipment, the name of the supplier of the shipment, or 
                  the name of the provider of other services, except 
                  that, for purposes of applying any exception under this 
                  subparagraph, no information knowingly furnished or 
                  conveyed in response to such requirements may be stated 
                  in negative, blacklisting, or similar exclusionary 
                  terms, other than with respect to carriers or route of 
                  shipment as may be permitted by such regulations in 
                  order to comply with precautionary requirements 
                  protecting against war risks and confiscation;
                      (C) compliance, or agreement to comply, in the 
                  normal course of business with the unilateral and 
                  specific selection by a boycotting country, or a 
                  national or resident thereof, of carriers, insurers, 
                  suppliers of services to be performed within the 
                  boycotting country, or specific items which, in the 
                  normal course of business, are identifiable by source 
                  when imported into the boycotting country;
                      (D) compliance, or agreement to comply, with export 
                  requirements of the boycotting country relating to 
                  shipment or transshipment of exports to the boycotted 
                  country, to any business concern of or organized under 
                  the laws of the boycotted country, or to any national 
                  or resident of the boycotted country;
                      (E) compliance by an individual, or agreement by an 
                  individual to comply, with the immigration or passport 
                  requirements of any country with respect to such 
                  individual or any member of such individual's family or 
                  with requests for information regarding requirements of 
                  employment of such individual within the boycotting 
                  country; and
                      (F) compliance by a United States person resident 
                  in a foreign country, or agreement by such a person to 
                  comply, with the laws of the country with respect to 
                  the person's activities exclusively therein, and such 
                  regulations may contain exceptions for such resident 
                  complying with the laws or regulations of the foreign 
                  country governing imports into such country of 
                  trademarked, trade-named, or similarly specifically 
                  identifiable products, or components of products for 
                  such person's own use, including the performance of 
                  contractual services within that country.
              (3) Limitation on exceptions.--Regulations issued pursuant 
          to paragraphs (2)(C) and (2)(F) shall not provide exceptions 
          from paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C).
              (4) Antitrust and civil rights laws not affected.--Nothing 
          in this subsection may be construed to supersede or limit the 
          operation of the antitrust or civil rights laws of the United 
          States.
              (5) Evasion.--This section applies to any transaction or 
          activity undertaken by or through a United States person or any 
          other person with intent to evade the provisions of this 
          section or the regulations issued pursuant to this subsection. 
          The regulations issued pursuant to this section shall expressly 
          provide that the exceptions set forth in paragraph (2) do not 
          permit activities or agreements (expressed or implied by a 
          course of conduct, including a pattern of responses) otherwise 
          prohibited, which are not within the intent of such exceptions.
      (d) Reports.--
              (1) In general.--Regulations issued under this section 
          shall require that any United States person receiving a request 
          to furnish information, enter into or implement an agreement, 
          or take any other action referred to in subsection (c) shall 
          report that request to the Secretary, together with any other 
          information concerning the request that the Secretary 
          determines appropriate. The person shall also submit to the 
          Secretary a statement regarding whether the person intends to 
          comply, and whether the person has complied, with the request.
              (2) Public availability of reports.--Any report filed 
          pursuant to this subsection shall be made available promptly 
          for public inspection and copying, except that information 
          regarding the quantity, description, and value of any item to 
          which such report relates may be kept confidential if the 
          Secretary determines that disclosure of that information would 
          place the United States person involved at a competitive 
          disadvantage.
              (3) Summaries to secretary of state.--The Secretary shall 
          periodically transmit summaries of the information contained in 
          the reports filed pursuant to this subsection to the Secretary 
          of State for such action as the Secretary of State, in 
          consultation with the Secretary, considers appropriate to carry 
          out the purposes set forth in subsection (b).
      (e) Preemption.--The provisions of this section and the regulations 
  issued under this section shall preempt any law, rule, or regulation 
  that--
              (1) is a law, rule, or regulation of any of the several 
          States or the District of Columbia, or any of the territories 
          or possessions of the United States, or of any governmental 
          subdivision thereof; and
              (2) pertains to participation in, compliance with, 
          implementation of, or the furnishing of information regarding 
          restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by 
          foreign countries against other countries.
      (f) Penalties.--
              (1) Unlawful acts.--It shall be unlawful for a person to 
          violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a 
          violation of this section or of any regulation or order issued 
          under this section.
              (2) Criminal penalty.--A person who, with knowledge or 
          intent, commits, attempts to commit, or conspires to commit, or 
          aids or abets in the commission of, an unlawful act described 
          in subsection (c) shall, upon conviction, be fined not more 
          than $1,000,000, or, if a natural person, be imprisoned for not 
          more than 20 years, or both.
              (3) Civil penalties.--
                      (A) Authority.--The President may impose the 
                  following civil penalties on a person for each 
                  violation by that person of this section or any 
                  regulation or order issued under this section, for each 
                  violation:
                              (i) A fine of not more than $250,000.
                              (ii) A prohibition on the person's ability 
                          to export any goods, technology, or services, 
                          whether or not a license has been issued 
                          previously to authorize such an export.
                      (B) Procedures.--Any civil penalty under this 
                  subsection may be imposed only after notice and 
                  opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in 
                  accordance with sections 554 through 557 of title 5, 
                  United States Code, and shall be subject to judicial 
                  review in accordance with chapter 7 of such title.
                      (C) Standards for levels of civil penalty.--The 
                  President may by regulation provide standards for 
                  establishing levels of civil penalty under this 
                  paragraph based upon the seriousness of the violation, 
                  the culpability of the violator, and the violator's 
                  record of cooperation with the Government in disclosing 
                  the violation.
      (g) Annual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the President shall 
  report to the Congress on the implementation and enforcement of this 
  section and on additional steps taken by the United States to bring 
  about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel and to 
  encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel.
      (h) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
  person''--
              (1) means--
                      (A) any United States resident or national;
                      (B) any domestic concern (including any permanent 
                  domestic establishment of any foreign concern); and
                      (C) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including 
                  any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic 
                  concern that is controlled in fact by such domestic 
                  concern, as determined under regulations of the 
                  President; but
              (2) does not include an individual resident outside the 
          United States who is employed by a person other than a person 
          described in paragraph (1).
target: 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.
feat_title: To prohibit certain activities in support of the Arab League boycott of Israel, and for other purposes.