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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 619 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 619

  To include among the principal trade negotiating objectives of the 
   United States regarding commercial partnerships trade negotiating 
  objectives with respect to discouraging activity that discourages, 
 penalizes, or otherwise limits commercial relations with Israel, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2015

Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL

 
  To include among the principal trade negotiating objectives of the 
   United States regarding commercial partnerships trade negotiating 
  objectives with respect to discouraging activity that discourages, 
 penalizes, or otherwise limits commercial relations with Israel, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``United States-Israel Trade 
Enhancement Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF TRADE WITH ISRAEL AMONG PRINCIPAL TRADE 
              NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TRADE 
              AGREEMENTS REGARDING COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) Commercial Partnerships.--Among the principal trade negotiating 
objectives of the United States for trade agreements regarding 
commercial partnerships are the following:
            (1) To discourage actions that directly or indirectly 
        prejudice or otherwise discourage commercial activity solely 
        between the United States and Israel.
            (2) To discourage politically motivated actions by foreign 
        countries, non-member states of the United Nations, 
        international organizations, and affiliated agencies of 
        international organizations, that are intended to penalize or 
        otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with--
                    (A) Israel;
                    (B) persons doing business in Israel or in 
                territories controlled by Israel; or
                    (C) successor entities to persons described in 
                subparagraph (B).
            (3) To seek the elimination of politically motivated 
        nontariff barriers on goods, services, or other commerce from 
        Israel.
            (4) To seek the elimination of any boycott fostered or 
        imposed by a foreign country against Israel.
            (5) To discourage compliance with the boycott of Israel by 
        the Arab League.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section applies with respect to any 
negotiation for a trade agreement commenced before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Person Defined.--In this section:
            (1) In general.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
        entity, including a governmental entity operating as a business 
        enterprise.
            (2) Application to governmental entities.--The term 
        ``person'' does not include a government or governmental entity 
        that is not operating as a business enterprise.
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