Search

Search bills, members, committees and pages...

Sign In

H.R. 867

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 867, the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Michael Lawler (R) with 24 co-sponsors. It was referred to Foreign Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 867 has 24 co-sponsors.

hb867/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 867 IH: IGO Anti-Boycott Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-31
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 867  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 31, 2025   Mr. Lawler  (for himself,  Mr. Gottheimer ,  Mr. Weber of Texas ,  Mr. Ciscomani ,  Ms. Tenney ,  Ms. Salazar ,  Mr. Bacon ,  Mr. Schmidt ,  Mr. Fitzpatrick ,  Mr. Moskowitz ,  Mr. Wilson of South Carolina ,  Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona ,  Mr. Babin ,  Mr. Morelle , and  Mr. Kustoff ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that Act to international governmental organizations.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   IGO Anti-Boycott Act  .
2.
Amendments to the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018
The Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 is amended as follows:
(1)
In section 1772 ( 50 U.S.C. 4841 ), by inserting  , or international governmental organization,  after  foreign country  each place it appears.
(2)
In section 1773 ( 50 U.S.C. 4842 ), in subsection (a)(1)—
(A)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting  or international governmental organization,  after  foreign country, ;
(B)
in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by inserting  or international governmental organization  after  boycotting country ; and
(C)
in subparagraph (D), in the first sentence, by inserting  or international governmental organization  after  boycotting country .
(3)
In section 1773(a) ( 50 U.S.C. 4842(a) ), by adding at the end the following:
(6)
Annual report
The President shall submit to Congress and make available to the public on an annual basis a report that contains—
(A)
a list of those foreign countries and international organizations that foster or impose boycotts and with respect to which this section applies; and
(B)
a description of those boycotts.
 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-31
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025

hb867/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/31/2025)

IGO Anti-Boycott Act

This bill penalizes U.S. persons (individuals or entities) that participate in certain boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (IGOs).

The bill expands an existing law that prohibits various actions by U.S. persons in relation to boycotts imposed by foreign governments on a country that is friendly to the United States and not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. This bill applies those prohibitions to similar boycotts imposed by IGOs.

Prohibited actions include (1) refusing to do business with companies organized under the laws of the boycotted country, if the refusal is pursuant to an agreement with or request from the country or IGO imposing the boycott; (2) furnishing information about whether any person has a business relationship with or in the boycotted country; and (3) furnishing information about whether someone is associated with charitable or fraternal organizations that support the boycotted country.

Criminal penalties for willful violations of this law include fines of up to $1 million. In addition to such fines, individuals may be imprisoned for up to 20 years. Civil penalties may include fines and revocations of export licenses for certain national security-related items.

The bill also requires the President to annually submit to Congress and make available to the public a report describing these boycotts and listing the foreign countries and international organizations involved in fostering or imposing them.

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Lawler (R) sponsors H.R. 867, and 24 members have co-sponsored it, 14 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 867 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Referred To · Jan 31, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 867 has taken 2 actions since Jan 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 31, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.Foreign Affairs Committee

Votes

H.R. 867 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 867.

Titles

H.R. 867 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • IGO Anti-Boycott Act — Display Title
  • IGO Anti-Boycott Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that Act to international governmental organizations. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 21 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 867 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Foreign Relations, Education, Defense, Homeland Security, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Torts.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND—District of Columbia16—
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION—District of Columbia16—
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEELobby focused on U.S. Middle East foreign policyDistrict of Columbia14$3.6M
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND16—
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION16—
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE14$3.6M
FDD ACTION13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 21.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ARIE DANA116
BORIS ZILBERMAN116
NOAH SILVERMAN116
ALEX BRONZO114
CELIA SCHACHT114
DANIEL GREY114
DAVID GILLETTE114
DEBORAH SAXON114
MARVIN FEUER114
OREN ADAKI114
ZACHARY MOSES114
MATTHEW REID ZWEIG113
NICHOLAS STEWART113
TOBY DERSHOWITZ113
TYLER STAPLETON113
ALEXANDRIA PAOLOZZI MOORE112
JEFFREY COLMAN112
JOSHUA NASON112
ADAM SAFRAN111
ALEXANDRIA PAOLOZZI111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEEAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2025 fourth_quarter$973.9K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEEAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2025 first_quarter$963.1K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEEAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2026 first_quarter$844.4K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEEAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2026 second_quarter$811K2nd Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2025 fourth_quarter$199.7K4th Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2025 third_quarter$199.7K3rd Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 third_quarter$170K3rd Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 first_quarter$150K1st Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2025 second_quarter$140K2nd Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2025 first_quarter$140K1st Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2026 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2026 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION2025 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2026 second_quarter$70K2nd Quarter - Report
CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND2026 first_quarter$70K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 867 under International Affairs, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 867’s is International Affairs.

hr867/policy-areas.txt
International AffairsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 867, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LAWLER:H.R. 867.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H434]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com