$1,000,000 fine or 20 years in prision for boycottin Israel.
(foreignaffairs.house.gov)
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Do you have a better source? This is all just legalese and is, if I'm reading correctly, referencing and amending other bills that aren't even linked.
Tells me nothing, other than that there's a fine. Also, no mention of prison in the linked text, although of course prison can be a punishment if you don't pay some fines.
But, yeah, do you have any other sources. Don't feel like wading through all that. Thanks.
I do not have a better source than the website of the government who is attempting to pass the law.
But I'm saying I'm not seeing what you're talking about.
Where is the $1,000,000 fine or 20 years in prison?
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45618
It's literally telling you exactly where to look.
"50 U.S.C 1705"
That's Capter 50 of the "United States Title Code" Section 1705. Which is just this:
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:50%20section:1705%20edition:prelim)
It has a wikipedia page and Google A.I. gives a quick synopsis if you Google
If I'm understanding things correctly, big if, the original bill The International Emergency Economic Powers Act was passed in the 70s to give the president broad authority to finance emergency situations.
This proposed bill would essentially state that any entity receiving money from the fed, say a contractor, who engaged in boycotts against Israel would loss the contract and be charged with a crime.
Has anyone ever violated this law?
Because I feel like to get the contract you'd have to agree to not engage in divestment anyways.
It died in the house.