Businesses Invited to Confess Boycott Blunders to Feds
Published Date: 4/9/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Commerce is asking businesses to share their thoughts on a form that lets them report antiboycott rule slip-ups voluntarily. This helps the agency catch problems faster and focus on hidden violations. Comments are open until June 8, 2026, and about 15 businesses usually take 10 to 60 minutes to fill it out—no big costs involved!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Reporting time burden can be large
The notice estimates about 15 business respondents and an estimated time per response of 10 to 600 hours, with total annual burden hours of 4,220. The Department estimates the total annual cost to the public is $0 and that responding is voluntary.
Disclosures may be shared with authorities
Information provided in voluntary self-disclosures may be shared with other law enforcement agencies investigating the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), or, in appropriate instances, with foreign governments. The notice explicitly states that disclosed information might be shared in some cases.
You can voluntarily report antiboycott slips
Businesses can voluntarily submit a self-disclosure to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to report antiboycott rule violations. The collection is voluntary and the notice opens a 60-day public comment period that ends on June 8, 2026.
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