The Export Administration Act (EAA) of 1979 (P.L. 96-72) provided legal authority to the President to control U.S. exports for reasons of national security, foreign policy, and/or short supply. The act was in force from 1979 to 1994, with a lapse in 1984–85. During this lapse, and upon the law's expiration, the authority of export regulations was continued by executive authority. Presidents

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, Bill Clinton, and

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each declared that the expiration created an emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and reauthorized all regulations on that basis. The Act was repealed by the

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enacted on August 4, 2018. That law made the Export Administration Regulations permanent. However, "because the implementation of certain sanctions authorities, including sections 11A, 11B, and 11C of the Export Administration Act,

(that were not repealed), the president must continue to use the IEEPA to reauthorize every year.

Regulation forbidding Anti-Israel boycotts

The U.S.

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's Bureau of Industry and Security is charged with enforcing and administering the anti-boycott laws under the Export Administration Act. "Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain Muslim countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott."

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Regulation forbidding Anti-Israel boycotts

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