Discourage the production and sale of arms and military supplies for the purpose of provision to the Israeli government

within the State of Minnesota.

 

Prevent the contribution of American productive forces and tax funds towards the implicit genocide of the Palestinian

nation as carried out by Israel through the means available to the state government.

 

Anywhere up to or exceeding nearly 70,000 Palestinians (the majority of which have been non-combatants including women

and children) have been murdered to date by the Zionist policies of Israel and the IDF, and their history of oppression,

murder, and illegitimate rule over the region and Palestinian nation must be immediately countered and resisted.

 

“Israel” will refer to Israeli citizens, the UN recognized Israeli state borders as declared in 1967, and the State of

Israel as a geopolitical entity as well as its military institutions such as the Israel Defense Forces.

“Israeli entities” or “Israeli companies/businesses” will refer to both private entities under the Israeli Registrar of

Companies as well as public Israeli government entities, departments, or military organizations.

“Palestine” will refer to Palestinian citizens, the UN recognized Palestinian state borders as declared in 1967,

non-Israeli citizens/visitors within the territories of either state, and the Palestinian nation as a geopolitical

entity.

“Arms/Military Goods” will refer to any goods or exports as specified under the United States Munitions List.

“Productive Forces” will refer to any privately or publicly owned or operated American capital used for the production

of commodities under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota.

“Tax Funds” will refer to any Minnesota public state funds sourced through the taxation of citizens living within the

boundaries of the state government.

“System for Award Management” or “SAM” will refer to the respective U.S. federal online service responsible for

registering, regulating, and recording businesses that contract with the federal government.

“Department of Revenue” or “DOR” will refer to the Minnesota State Department of Revenue.

“U.S. Multiple Awards System” or “MAS” will refer to the U.S. Federal Supply Schedule contract used to record and

regulate national, state, and local government sales, services, and commerce.

 

This bill will require no funding.

 

Any private entity registered under the System for Award Management operating within the State of Minnesota found to be

utilizing productive forces to procure military goods or arms with the direct, known purpose of being exported to

privately or publicly owned Israeli entities (regardless of whether the flow of said goods passes through the federal

government at some point in time prior to possession by an Israeli entity) will occur a 7.5% yearly state level tax

surcharge upon the taxable profit for the fiscal year in which such production was engaged in as well as have any

state-level subsidization, grants, or joint public investment temporarily revoked until standards are met as per

described above. Such activity will be determined through monitoring the Multiple Awards System sales records for SAM

registered businesses within the State of Minnesota by the Department of Revenue through cross examination with the

state-level tax returns of the latest fiscal year from the business in question and if present and applicable, will be

requested to publicly perform a legally binding attestation against any possible production and sale of military goods

for the known purpose of provision to the Israeli government and be potentially subject to the above penalties if they

are unable or refuse to. However, businesses will not be required to confirm if they are engaging in such activity.

 

This legislation will be effective after the conclusion of a 90 day grace period beginning the first day of the month

following its passage into law.