text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Israel Anti-Boycott Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds the following:
              (1) The United Nations Human Rights Council (in this 
          section referred to as the ``UNHRC'') has long targeted Israel 
          with systematic, politically motivated, assaults on its 
          legitimacy designed to stigmatize and isolate Israel 
          internationally.
              (2) The UNHRC maintains a permanent agenda item known as 
          ``Item 7'' to ensure that Israel will be criticized at every 
          gathering of the UNHRC.
              (3) At its 31st session on March 24, 2016, the UNHRC 
          targeted Israel with a commercial boycott, calling for the 
          establishment of a database, such as a ``blacklist'', of 
          companies that operate, or have business relations with 
          entities that operate, beyond Israel's 1949 Armistice lines, 
          including East Jerusalem.
              (4) At its 32nd session in March 2017, the UNHRC is 
          considering a resolution pursuant to agenda item 7 to withhold 
          assistance from and prevent trade with ``territories occupied 
          since 1967'', including East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the 
          Golan Heights, stating that businesses that engage in economic 
          activity in those areas could face civil or criminal legal 
          action.
              (5) For a half century, Congress has combated anti-Israel 
          boycotts and other discriminatory activity under the Export 
          Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to 
          the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
          et seq.)), under part VI of title X of the Tax Reform Act of 
          1976 (Public Law 94-455; 90 Stat. 1649) (commonly referred to 
          as the ``Ribicoff Amendment''), in free trade agreements with 
          Bahrain and Oman, and in Saudi Arabia's accession negotiations 
          to the World Trade Organization.
              (6) The recent action of the UNHRC is reminiscent of the 
          Arab League Boycott, which also called for the establishment of 
          a ``blacklist'' and promoted a primary, as well as a secondary 
          and tertiary, boycott against Israel, targeting United States 
          and other companies that trade or invest with or in Israel, 
          designed to harm Israel, any business operating in, or doing 
          business with, Israel, or companies that do business with 
          companies operating in Israel.
              (7) Congress recently passed anti-boycott, divestment, and 
          sanctions measures in the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
          Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201 et 
          seq.) and section 909 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade 
          Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4452), which establish, 
          among other things--
                      (A) the opposition of the United States to actions 
                  to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel;
                      (B) requirements that the United States utilize 
                  trade negotiations to combat state-led or international 
                  governmental organization-led actions to boycott, 
                  divest from, or sanction Israel; and
                      (C) reporting requirements regarding the actions of 
                  foreign countries or international organizations that 
                  establish barriers to trade or investment for United 
                  States companies in or with Israel.
  
  SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
  
      Congress--
              (1) opposes the United Nations Human Rights Council 
          resolution of March 24, 2016, which urges countries to pressure 
          their own companies to divest from, or break contracts with, 
          Israel, and calls for the creation of a ``blacklist'' of 
          companies that either operate, or have business relations with 
          entities that operate, beyond Israel's 1949 Armistice lines, 
          including East Jerusalem;
              (2) views such policies as actions to boycott, divest from, 
          or sanction Israel; and
              (3) in order to counter the effects of actions to boycott, 
          divest from, or sanction Israel, encourages full implementation 
          of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 
          (Public Law 113-296; 128 Stat. 4075) through enhanced, 
          governmentwide, coordinated United States-Israel scientific and 
          technological cooperation in civilian areas such as with 
          respect to energy, water, agriculture, alternative fuel 
          technology, civilian space technology, and security.
  
  SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN BOYCOTTS UNDER 
                EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.
  
      (a) Declaration of Policy.--Section 3(5) of the Export 
  Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4602(5)) (as continued in effect 
  pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
  1701 et seq.)) is amended--
              (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                      ``(A) to oppose--
                              ``(i) restrictive trade practices or 
                          boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign 
                          countries, or requests to impose restrictive 
                          trade practices or boycotts by foreign 
                          countries, against other countries friendly to 
                          the United States or against any United States 
                          person; and
                              ``(ii) restrictive trade practices or 
                          boycotts fostered or imposed by any 
                          international governmental organization against 
                          Israel or requests to impose restrictive trade 
                          practices or boycotts by any international 
                          governmental organization against Israel;''; 
                          and
              (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``which have the 
          effect'' and all the follows and inserting the following: 
          ``which have the effect of furthering or supporting--
                              ``(i) restrictive trade practices or 
                          boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign 
                          country, or requests to impose restrictive 
                          trade practices or boycotts by any foreign 
                          country, against a country friendly to the 
                          United States or against any United States 
                          person; and
                              ``(ii) restrictive trade practices or 
                          boycotts fostered or imposed by any 
                          international governmental organization against 
                          Israel or requests to impose restrictive trade 
                          practices or boycotts by any international 
                          governmental organization against Israel; 
                          and''.
      (b) Foreign Boycotts.--Section 8 of the Export Administration Act 
  of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4607) (as continued in effect pursuant to the 
  International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) 
  is amended--
              (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                      (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                              (i) by inserting ``, or request to impose 
                          any boycott by a foreign country,'' after ``a 
                          foreign country'';
                              (ii) by inserting ``, or support any 
                          boycott fostered or imposed by any 
                          international governmental organization against 
                          Israel or request to impose any boycott by any 
                          international governmental organization against 
                          Israel'' after ``pursuant to United States law 
                          or regulation'';
                      (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
                  international governmental organization (as the case 
                  may be)'' after ``of the boycotting country''; and
                      (C) in subparagraph (D)--
                              (i) by inserting ``, or requesting the 
                          furnishing of information,'' after ``Furnishing 
                          information''; and
                              (ii) by inserting ``or with the 
                          international governmental organization (as the 
                          case may be)'' after ``in the boycotting 
                          country''; and
              (2) in subsection (c)--
                      (A) by inserting ``, or requests to impose 
                  restrictive trade practices or boycotts by foreign 
                  countries,'' after ``foreign countries''; and
                      (B) by inserting ``or restrictive trade practices 
                  or boycotts fostered or imposed by any international 
                  governmental organization against Israel or requests to 
                  impose restrictive trade practices or boycotts by any 
                  international governmental organization against 
                  Israel'' before the period at the end.
      (c) Violations of Section 8(a).--Section 11 of the Export 
  Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4610) (as continued in effect 
  pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
  1701 et seq.)) is amended--
              (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or (j)'' after 
          ``subsection (b)''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following:
      ``(j) Violations of Section 8(a).--Whoever knowingly violates or 
  conspires to or attempts to violate any provision of section 8(a) or 
  any regulation, order, or license issued thereunder shall be fined in 
  accordance with section 206 of the International Emergency Economic 
  Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705).''.
      (d) Definition of International Governmental Organization.--Section 
  16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as 
  continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
  Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) is amended--
              (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
          (8) and (9), respectively; and
              (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
              ``(7) the term `international governmental organization' 
          includes the United Nations and the European Union;''.
      (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
  effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
  to actions described in section 8(a) of the Export Administration Act 
  of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
  Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) taken or knowingly agreed 
  to be taken on or after such date of enactment.
      (f) Implementation.--The President shall implement the amendments 
  made by this section by exercising the authorities of the President 
  under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
  et seq.).
  
  SEC. 5. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL UNDER 
                EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945.
  
      Section 2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
  635(b)(1)(B)) is amended in the sixth sentence by inserting after 
  ``child labor),'' the following: ``or opposing policies and actions 
  that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or 
  otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or 
  residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or 
  the Government of Israel,''.
  
  SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
  
      (a) In General.--In this Act:
              (1) Actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction israel.--
          The term ``actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
          Israel'' has the meaning given that term in section 
          102(b)(20)(B) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
          and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201(b)(20)(B)).
              (2) International governmental organization.--The term 
          ``international governmental organization'' includes the United 
          Nations and the European Union.
              (3) Politically motivated.--The term ``politically 
          motivated'' means actions to impede or constrain commerce with 
          Israel that are intended to coerce political action from or 
          impose policy positions on Israel.
      (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
  construed to alter the established policy of the United States or to 
  establish new United States policy concerning final status issues 
  associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict, including border 
  delineation, that can only be resolved through direct negotiations 
  between the parties.
target: Israel Anti-Boycott Act This bill declares that Congress: (1) opposes the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution of March 24, 2016, which urges countries to pressure companies to divest from, or break contracts with, Israel; and (2) encourages full implementation of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 through enhanced, governmentwide, coordinated U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas.  The bill amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it shall be U.S. policy to oppose:   requests by foreign countries to impose restrictive practices or boycotts against other countries friendly to the United States or against U.S. persons; and  restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by an international governmental organization, or requests to impose such practices or boycotts, against Israel.   The bill prohibits any U.S. person engaged interstate or foreign commerce from supporting:    any request by a foreign country to impose any boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of any form of boycott pursuant to United States law or regulation, or   any boycott fostered or imposed by any international governmental organization against Israel or any request by any international governmental organization to impose such a boycott.  The bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to include as a reason for the Export-Import Bank to deny credit applications for the export of goods and services between the United States and foreign countries, opposition to policies and actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or the government of Israel.
feat_title: Israel Anti-Boycott Act