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IGO Anti-Boycott Act

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

Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Latest action (Jan 31, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary

This bill amends the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to extend its provisions to international governmental organizations in addition to foreign countries. The existing law prohibits U.S. persons from complying with boycotts imposed or fostered by foreign countries; this bill applies the same prohibitions to boycotts by international governmental organizations. The bill also requires the President to submit an annual report to Congress and the public identifying foreign countries and international organizations that foster or impose boycotts subject to the act and describing those boycotts.

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Sponsor (1)
24 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  2. Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • S 4296 — IGO Anti-Boycott Act · Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
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Full text

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

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.”. <all>

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