Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 58 — Export Control Reform
§ 4841. Statement of policy
Statutory text
Congress declares it is the policy of the United States—
to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against other countries friendly to the United States or against any United States person;
to encourage and, in specified cases, require United States persons engaged in the export of goods or technology or other information to refuse to take actions, including furnishing information or entering into or implementing agreements, which have the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against a country friendly to the United States or any United States person; and
to foster international cooperation and the development of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable access to world supplies.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Anti-Boycott Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title XVII § 1772 · 132 Stat. 1636
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4841
(Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1772, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2234.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1772, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2234.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1772. STATEMENT OF POLICY. Congress declares it is the policy of the United States— (1) to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against other countries friendly to the United States or against any United States person; (2) to encourage and, in specified cases, require United States persons engaged in the export of goods or technology or other information to refuse to take actions, including furnishing information or entering into or implementing agreements, which have the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against a country friendly to the United States or any United States person; and (3) to foster international cooperation and the development of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable access to world supplies.
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