S 1671
111th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Free trade and trade barriers
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Marketing and advertising
Middle East
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
A bill to enhance the reporting requirements on the status of the Arab League trade boycott of Israel and other trade boycotts of Israel.
Introduced: September 15, 2009
Introduced by:
Graham, Lindsey
Republican
· South Carolina
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Became law
Sep 15, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 15, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Reaffirms congressional opposition to trade boycotts of Israel and calls on the President to take stronger steps to end all trade boycotts of Israel.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative to include in: (1) the annual trade barrier report a list of each country (and specified boycott-related information about such country) that participates in any trade boycott of Israel; and (2) the National Trade Estimate a report on U.S. steps taken at the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other international fora to end the trade boycott of Israel.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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