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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3656

To restrict sales and leases of defense articles and defense services to any

country or international organization which as a matter of policy or

practice is known to have sent letters to United States firms requesting

compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with,

the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. SWETT, Ms.

MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BROWN of

Ohio, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr.

PALLONE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BERMAN, and Mr. ACKERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign

Affairs

A BILL

To restrict sales and leases of defense articles and defense

services to any country or international organization

which as a matter of policy or practice is known to

have sent letters to United States firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with, the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Economic Dis3 crimination Act of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. ARAB BOYCOTT.

5 (a) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN SALES AND

6 LEASES.—Defense articles and defense services may not

7 be sold or leased by the United States Government to any

8 country or international organization which as a matter

9 of policy or practice is known to have sent letters to

10 United States firms requesting compliance with, or solicit11 ing information regarding compliance with, the secondary

12 or tertiary Arab boycott, unless the President determines,

13 and reports to the relevant congressional committees, that

14 that country or organization does not now send such let15 ters as a matter of policy or practice.

16 (b) WAIVER OF PROHIBITION.—

17 (1) 1 YEAR WAIVER.—After the effective date of

18 this section, the President may waive, for a period

19 of 1 year, the application of subsection (a) with re20 spect to any country or organization if the President

21 determines, and reports to the relevant congressional

22 committees, that—

23 (A) such waiver is in the national interest

24 of the United States, and such waiver will pro25 mote the objectives of this section to eliminate

26 the Arab boycott; or
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1 (B) such waiver is in the national security

2 interest of the United States.

3 (2) EXTENSION OF WAIVER.—If the President

4 determines that the further extension of a waiver

5 will promote the objectives of this section, the Presi6 dent, with appropriate notification to relevant con7 gressional committees, may grant further extensions

8 of such waiver for successive 12-month periods.

9 (3) TERMINATION OF WAIVER.—The President

10 may, at any time, terminate any waiver granted

11 under this subsection.

12 (c) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—As

13 used in this section, the term ‘‘relevant congressional com14 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of

15 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the

16 House of Representatives.

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall not take

18 effect until one year after the date of enactment of this

19 Act.

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