section 1773(d)), or knowingly agreed to be taken by 
such a person, with respect to the person’s activities 
in the interstate or foreign commerce of the United 
States, with the intent to comply with, further, or 
support— 
‘‘(A) any boycott fostered or imposed by an 
international governmental organization against 
a country which is friendly to the United States 
and which is not itself the object of any form 
of boycott pursuant to United States law or 
regulation; or 
‘‘(B) efforts by a foreign country or inter-
national governmental organization to collect 
information that have the effect of furthering or 
supporting restrictive trade practices or boy-
cotts fostered or imposed by a foreign country 
or 
international 
governmental 
organization 
against a country described in subparagraph 
(A).’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Part II of the Export Control Re-
form Act of 2018 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 1775. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
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‘‘(1) INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘international governmental or-
ganization’ includes— 
‘‘(A) the United Nations, including organi-
zations within the United Nations such as the 
United Nations Human Rights Council; and 
‘‘(B) the European Union. 
‘‘(2) EFFORTS
BY
A
FOREIGN
COUNTRY
OR 
INTERNATIONAL
GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, 
ETC.—The term ‘efforts by a foreign country or 
international governmental organization to collect in-
formation that have the effect of furthering or sup-
porting a restrictive trade practice or boycott fos-
tered or imposed by a foreign country or inter-
national governmental organization’ includes efforts 
by the United Nations Human Rights Council to col-
lect information for the establishment of a database 
of entities that operate, or have business relations 
with entities that operate, beyond Israel’s 1949 Ar-
mistice lines, including East Jerusalem.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to actions described 
in section 1773(a) of the Export Control Reform Act of 
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2018 (50 U.S.C. 4842(a)) taken or knowingly agreed to 
be taken on or after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 4. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) NOTHING DIMINISHING FIRST AMENDMENT.— 
Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act 
shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right 
protected under the first amendment to the Constitution. 
(b) NONCOMMERCIAL SPEECH OR OTHER EXPRES-
SIVE ACTIVITY.—Consistent with current enforcement 
practices of the Department of Commerce, nothing in this 
Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed 
to permit a person’s noncommercial speech or other non-
commercial expressive activity to be used— 
(1) as evidence to prove a violation of section 
1773(a) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
(50 U.S.C. 4842(a)), as amended by section 3(b), 
including as evidence to prove intent to violate such 
section 1773(a); or 
(2) as support for initiating an investigation 
into whether such a violation has occurred. 
Æ 
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