Strengthening Reporting of Actions Taken Against the Normalization of Relations with Israel Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State to include specified information concerning Arab-Israeli relations in the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Such information shall include (1) the status of laws that punish individuals for people-to-people relations with Israelis (i.e., anti-normalization laws); (2) instances of prosecution or extrajudicial retribution against citizens or residents of Arab countries for calling for peace with Israel, visiting Israel, or engaging Israeli citizens in any country; and (3) evidence of steps taken by Arab governments toward permitting or encouraging people-to-people relations between their citizens or residents and Israeli citizens.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
Arab-Israeli relationsCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadHuman rightsInternational exchange and broadcastingIsraelMiddle EastSovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Strengthening Reporting of Actions Taken Against the Normalization of Relations with Israel Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4482| Senate
| Updated: 8/6/2020
Strengthening Reporting of Actions Taken Against the Normalization of Relations with Israel Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State to include specified information concerning Arab-Israeli relations in the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Such information shall include (1) the status of laws that punish individuals for people-to-people relations with Israelis (i.e., anti-normalization laws); (2) instances of prosecution or extrajudicial retribution against citizens or residents of Arab countries for calling for peace with Israel, visiting Israel, or engaging Israeli citizens in any country; and (3) evidence of steps taken by Arab governments toward permitting or encouraging people-to-people relations between their citizens or residents and Israeli citizens.
Arab-Israeli relationsCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadHuman rightsInternational exchange and broadcastingIsraelMiddle EastSovereignty, recognition, national governance and status