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The bill increases transparency and congressional oversight of foreign boycott activity—helping businesses and the public assess risks—but does so at modest taxpayer cost and with risks of diplomatic backlash and reputational harm to listed actors.
The American public will receive an annual, centralized list of foreign countries and international organizations identified as fostering or imposing covered boycotts, increasing transparency about hostile economic practices.
U.S. businesses and trade partners can use the report's descriptions to better assess legal and reputational risks when dealing with targeted countries or organizations, improving commercial decision-making.
Congress will receive standardized, regular information to oversee and respond to foreign boycott activity, strengthening legislative oversight and enabling more informed policy responses.
Naming countries or international organizations as fostering boycotts could heighten diplomatic tensions and provoke retaliatory measures that harm U.S. trade, travel, or broader bilateral relations.
Individuals and companies (including immigrants and small businesses) could be stigmatized or suffer reputational and commercial harm from being publicly listed before clear adjudication or evidence is established.
Preparing and publishing the mandated annual report will impose administrative costs on the executive branch that are ultimately borne by U.S. taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the President to publish and submit annually a report listing foreign countries and IGOs that foster or impose boycotts covered by the Anti-Boycott Act and describing those boycotts.
Requires the President to prepare, publish, and submit to Congress an annual report that lists foreign countries and international governmental organizations that foster or impose certain foreign or multilateral boycotts covered by the Anti-Boycott Act and describes those boycotts. The change is created by small technical edits to the existing statute plus the addition of a new subsection establishing the reporting requirement.
Official title: Amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply the provisions of that Act to international governmental organizations.
Introduced April 15, 2026 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress April 15, 2026