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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 243 

Requesting information on Saudi Arabia’s human rights practices in Yemen 

pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2019 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. COLLINS, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting information on Saudi Arabia’s human rights 

practices in Yemen pursuant to section 502B(c) of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SAUDI ARA3 BIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN YEMEN. 

4 (a) STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

5 after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Sec6 retary of State shall, pursuant to section 502B(c) of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), 

8 transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

9 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 


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1 House of Representatives a statement, prepared with the 

2 assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democ3 racy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the 

4 Legal Adviser, with respect to Saudi Arabia. 

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The statement submitted under 

6 subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

7 (1) All available credible information concerning 

8 alleged violations of internationally recognized 

9 human rights by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or 

10 members of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, includ11 ing the denial of the right to life in the context of 

12 the armed conflict in Yemen caused by indiscrimi13 nate or disproportionate operations. 

14 (2) A description of the steps the United States 

15 Government has taken— 

16 (A) to promote respect for and observance 

17 of human rights as part of the Kingdom of 

18 Saudi Arabia’s activities in Yemen and discour19 age any practices that are inimical to inter20 nationally recognized human rights; and 

21 (B) to publicly or privately call attention 

22 to, and disassociate the United States and any 

23 security assistance provided for the Kingdom of 

24 Saudi Arabia from, such practices. 


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1 (3) An assessment, notwithstanding any such 

2 practices, whether extraordinary circumstances exist 

3 that necessitate a continuation of security assistance 

4 for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and, if so, a de5 scription of the circumstances and the extent to 

6 which the assistance should be continued (subject to 

7 such conditions as Congress may impose under sec8 tion 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2304)). 

10 (4) Other information, including— 

11 (A) an assessment from the Secretary of 

12 State of the likelihood that United States secu13 rity assistance, as defined in section 502B(d) of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

15 2304(d)), will be used in Yemen; 

16 (B) a description of the violations of the 

17 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

18 seq.) (AECA), as noted in the Secretary of 

19 State’s certification to Congress pursuant to 

20 section 1290 of the John S. McCain National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

22 (Public Law 115–232), including— 

23 (i) whether the violation resulted from 

24 the re-transfer of United States defense 

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1 tion or the use of defense articles or serv2 ices against anything other than legitimate 

3 military targets; and 

4 (ii) what services or articles were used 

5 in violation of AECA, and an explanation 

6 for why the President has not submitted 

7 the required certification under section 3 

8 of AECA (22 U.S.C. 2753) for continued 

9 export of defense articles and services to 

10 countries that have violated AECA; 

11 (C) a description and assessment of the ac12 tions the United States Government would take 

13 to ensure end use monitoring protocols for all 

14 weapons sold or transferred to the Kingdom of 

15 Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen; 

16 (D) an assessment of any impact or ad17 verse effect to Israel’s qualitative military edge 

18 of security assistance provided by the United 

19 States or other countries; and 

20 (E) a description of actions the United 

21 States Government is taking to address allega22 tions of detention, torture, or forced disappear23 ances of United States citizens by the Kingdom 

24 of Saudi Arabia. 

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