The Combating BDS Act (S. 1) is an anti-BDS bill passed by the Senate in the 116th United States Congress intended to counter the BDS movement's call for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

[2] Marco Rubio (R-Florida) was the primary sponsor of the bill and the co-sponsors were James Risch (R-Idaho), Cory Gardner, (R-Colorado), and Mitch McConnell, (R-Kentucky).

A week after the package was introduced in the Senate, it was blocked by Democrats from moving forward.

[2] Among its critics were, Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Representative Rashida Tlaib, antiwar group Code Pink, J Street, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

They did nonviolent protests by marching in front of the utility stores until—guess what—because of the economic boycott and the bad press, the people put the pornographic magazines behind the counter, and only adults were allowed to buy them and look at them.

Are we going to ask all of these people to take a litmus test that they are not going to boycott or protest against their government's policy?