Law Making Support of Boycott of Israel Illegal Gains Co-sponsors

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How the Israel Anti-Boycott Act Threatens First Amendment Rights

Last week, the ACLU came out against a bill that would criminalize constitutionally protected boycotts and certain speech targeting Israel. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which was introduced in both the House and Senate earlier this year, would expand a 1970s-era export law and expose a range of activity to sweeping penalties, including criminal prosecution.

Since we sent our letter to Congress setting out our opposition to the bill, we’ve received dozens of questions about what it actually does. We attempt to answer the most common ones below.

1. What law does the proposed Israel Anti-Boycott Act seek to amend?
The Israel Anti-Boycott Act principally seeks to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979. That law prohibits “U.S. persons” — a term that refers to both individuals and companies — from taking certain actions to comply with or support a boycott imposed by a foreign country against another country that is friendly to the United States....

House version has 290 co-sponsors, including virtually the entire House "Freedom" Caucus.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...697/cosponsors

Here are the HFC members co-sponsoring the bill (!):

Andy Biggs
Rod Blum
Dave Brat
Mo Brooks
Ken Buck
Ted Budd
Warren Davidson
Ron DeSantis
Scott DesJarlais
Jess Duncan
Matt Gaetz
Tom Garrett
Louie Gohmert
Paul Gosar
Andy Harris
Jody Hice
Jim Jordan
Raul Labrador
Debbie Lesko
Mark Meadows
Alex Mooney
Ralph Norman
Steve Pearce
Scott Perry
Bill Posey
Randy Weber
Ted Yoho

Notable HFC members not co-sponsoring the bill include: Thomas Massie, Justin Amash, and Mark Sanford.