Combating BDS Act of 2017

H.R.2856
Introduced: 
June 8, 2017
115
First
June 8, 2017
Referred to House (sub)committee

Like similar bill S. 170 of 1/17/17, this bill would undermine the growing BDS movement by authorizing state and local governments to adopt measures barring contracts with or investment in persons or entities that engage in BDS, as well as organizations that control such entities. Like prior versions of this bill in the 114th Congress (S. 2531 and H.R. 4514 of 2/10/16), the measure would define any BDS action focusing on “Israeli-controlled territories,” including Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as “targeting Israel.”

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Ralph Abraham(R-LA)Richard W. Allen(R-GA)Jodey C. Arrington(R-TX)Don Bacon(R-NE)Jim Banks(R-IN)Louis Barletta(R-PA)Andy Barr(R-KY)Andy Biggs(R-AZ)Rob Bishop(R-UT)Mike Bishop(R-MI)Rod Blum(R-IA)Suzanne Bonamici(D-OR)Mike Bost(R-IL)Brendan Boyle(D-PA)Kevin Brady(R-TX)Robert Brady(D-PA)Dave Brat(R-VA)Jim Bridenstine(R-OK)Anthony G. Brown(D-MD)Ted Budd(R-NC)Tony Cardenas(D-CA)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Liz Cheney(R-WY)David Cicilline(D-RI)Michael Cloud(R-TX)Mike Coffman(R-CO)Luis J. Correa(D-CA)John Culberson(R-TX)Carlos Curbelo(R-FL)Rodney Davis(R-IL)Rosa Delauro(D-CT)Daniel Donovan(R-NY)Sean Duffy(R-WI)Neal P. Dunn(R-FL)Tom Emmer(R-MN)John J. Faso(R-NY)Brian Fitzpatrick(R-PA)Chuck Fleischmann(R-TN)Bill Flores(R-TX)Matt Gaetz(R-FL)Mike Gallagher(R-WI)Thomas A. Garrett Jr.(R-VA)Louis Jr. Gohmert(R-TX)Jimmy Gomez(D-CA)Vicente Gonzalez(D-TX)Josh Gottheimer(D-NJ)Kay Granger(R-TX)Tom Graves(R-GA)Gene Green(D-TX)Glenn S. Grothman(R-WI)Colleen Hanabusa(D-HI)Karen Handel(R-GA)Vicky Hartzler(R-MO)Brian Higgins(D-)French Hill(R-AR)Richard Hudson(R-NC)Bill Huizenga(R-MI)Randy Hultgren(R-IL)Lynn Jenkins(R-KS)Bill Johnson(R-OH)James Jordan(R-OH)David Joyce(R-OH)John Katko(R-NY)Ron Kind(D-WI)Steven King(R-IA)Pete King(R-)Steve Knight(R-CA)Raja Krishnamoorthi(D-IL)Darin LaHood(R-IL)John Larson(D-CT)Frank Lobiondo(R-NJ)Billy Long(R-MO)Mia Love(R-UT)Nita Lowey(D-)Blaine Luetkemeyer(R-MO)Thomas MacArthur(R-NJ)Roger W. Marshall(R-KS)Brian J. Mast(R-FL)Tom McClintock(R-CA)David McKinley(R-WV)Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-WA)Martha McSally(R-AZ)Mark Meadows(R-NC)Grace Meng(D-NY)Paul Mitchell(R-MI)John Moolenaar(R-MI)Alex Mooney(R-WV)Tim Murphy(R-PA)Kristi Noem(R-SD)Don Norcross(D-NJ)Ralph Norman(R-SC)Devin Gerald Nunes(R-CA)Tom O'Halleran(D-AZ)Pete Olson(R-TX)Steven Palazzo(R-MS)Erik Paulsen(R-MN)Ted Poe(R-TX)Bruce Poliquin(R-ME)John Lee Ratcliffe(R-TX)James Renacci(R-OH)Kathleen Rice(D-NY)David "Phil" Roe(R-TN)Mike D Rogers(R-AL)Todd Rokita(R-IN)Francis Rooney(R-FL)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen(R-FL)Jacky Rosen(D-NV)Peter Roskam(R-IL)Dennis Ross(R-FL)Keith Rothfus(R-PA)David Rouzer(R-NC)Ed Royce(R-CA)Steven Russell(R-OK)Brad Schneider(D-IL)Kurt Schrader(D-OR)Pete Sessions(R-TX)Brad Sherman(D-CA)Kyrsten Sinema(D-AZ)Albio Sires(D-NJ)Adrian Smith(R-NE)Lamar Smith(R-TX)Jason Smith(R-MO)Chris Smith(R-NJ)Lloyd Smucker(R-PA)Darren Soto(D-FL)Elise Stefanik(R-NY)Thomas R. Suozzi(D-NY)Claudia Tenney(R-NY)David Valadao(R-CA)Juan Vargas(D-CA)Marc Veasey(D-TX)Filemon Vela Jr.(D-TX)Ann Wagner(R-MO)Greg Walden(R -OR)Mark Walker(R-NC)Jackie Walorski(R-IN)Debbie Wasserman-Shultz(D-FL)Daniel Webster(R-FL)Bruce Westerman(R-AR)Kevin Yoder(R-KS)David Young(R-IA)

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