(3) actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
Israel represent a concerted effort to extract conces-
sions from Israel outside of direct negotiations be-
tween the Israelis and Palestinians; and 
(4) the United States-Israel Strategic Partner-
ship Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–296; 128 Stat. 
4075) should be fully implemented through en-
hanced, governmentwide, coordinated United States- 
Israel scientific and technological cooperation in ci-
vilian areas, such as with respect to energy, water, 
agriculture, alternative fuel technology, civilian space 
technology, and security in order to counter the ef-
fects of actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
Israel. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FOR-
EIGN BOYCOTTS UNDER EXPORT CONTROL 
REFORM ACT OF 2018. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 1772 of the 
Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4841) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) to oppose restrictive trade practices or 
boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries or 
international governmental organizations, or efforts 
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by foreign countries or international governmental 
organizations to collect information that have the ef-
fect of furthering or supporting restrictive trade 
practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign 
countries or international governmental organiza-
tions, against other countries friendly to the United 
States or against any United States person;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or inter-
national governmental organization’’ after ‘‘any for-
eign country’’. 
(b) FOREIGN BOYCOTTS.—Section 1773 of the Ex-
port Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4842) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘United States 
person’’ and inserting ‘‘covered per-
son’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘foreign 
country’’ the following: ‘‘or an inter-
national governmental organization, 
or efforts by a foreign country or 
international governmental organiza-
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tion to collect information that have 
the effect of furthering or supporting 
restrictive trade practices or boycotts 
fostered or imposed by a foreign coun-
try or international governmental or-
ganization,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or international governmental organiza-
tion (as the case may be)’’ after ‘‘of the 
boycotting country’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘(i)’’ 
after 
‘‘(D)’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or with the 
international governmental organiza-
tion (as the case may be)’’ after ‘‘in 
the boycotting country’’; and 
(III) by striking the last sentence 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) Furnishing information to a foreign 
country or international governmental organiza-
tion in response to efforts by a foreign country 
or international governmental organization to 
collect information that have the effect of fur-
thering or supporting a restrictive trade prac-
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tice or boycott fostered or imposed by a foreign 
country or international governmental organiza-
tion. Such information includes information 
about whether any person has, has had, or pro-
poses to have any business relationship (includ-
ing a relationship by way of sale, purchase, 
legal or commercial representation, shipping or 
other transport, insurance, investment, or sup-
ply)— 
‘‘(I) with or in the country to which 
the restrictive trade practice or boycott ap-
plies; 
‘‘(II) with any business concern orga-
nized under the laws of that country; 
‘‘(III) with any national or resident of 
that country; or 
‘‘(IV) with any other person which is 
known or believed to be restricted from 
having any business relationship with or in 
a foreign country, or with an international 
governmental organization, that fosters or 
imposes the restrictive trade practice or 
boycott. 
‘‘(iii) Nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit the furnishing of normal business informa-
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tion in a commercial context as defined by the 
Secretary.’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘United States person’’ and inserting 
‘‘covered person’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking 
‘‘United States person’’ and inserting ‘‘covered 
person’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘United 
States person’’ and inserting ‘‘covered person’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or inter-
national governmental organizations against other 
countries, or regarding efforts by foreign countries 
or international governmental organizations to col-
lect information that have the effect of furthering or 
supporting restrictive trade practices or boycotts fos-
tered or imposed by foreign countries or inter-
national governmental organizations’’ after ‘‘foreign 
countries’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) COVERED PERSON DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘covered person’ means— 
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‘‘(A) any domestic concern (including any 
permanent domestic establishment of any for-
eign concern); 
‘‘(B) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (in-
cluding any permanent foreign establishment) 
of any domestic concern which is controlled in 
fact by such domestic concern, as determined 
under regulations of the President; 
‘‘(C) the Government of the United States 
or any State, territory, or possession of the 
United States, or any subdivision, department, 
agency, or commission of any such government; 
or 
‘‘(D) an individual who is— 
‘‘(i) a United States resident or na-
tional (other than such an individual resid-
ing outside the United States and em-
ployed by other than a United States per-
son); 
‘‘(ii) an owner, officer, director, em-
ployee, or agent of a domestic concern de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or a foreign 
subsidiary or affiliate described in subpara-
graph (B) or an officer, director, employee, 
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