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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 5595 (Introduced in House) — To impose additional prohibitions relating to foreign boycotts under Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and for other... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Rules of construction

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Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the first amendment to the Constitution. Consistent with current enforcement practices of the Department of Commerce, nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to permit a person’s noncommercial speech or other noncommercial expressive activity to be used— as evidence to prove a violation of section 1773(a) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4842(a) ), as amended by section 3(b), including as evidence to prove intent to violate such section 1773(a); or as support for initiating an investigation into whether such a violation has occurred.
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