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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7070 

To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of 

State regarding the status of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2018 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. AMASH) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance 

to the Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of State regarding the status of 

Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the period beginning on the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date 

6 described in section 3 the Secretary of Defense may not— 


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1 (1) provide any United States assistance, in2 cluding security assistance, intelligence, training, 

3 equipment, or services relating to maintenance, test4 ing, or technical data, to— 

5 (A) the Government of Saudi Arabia, in6 cluding the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and 

7 Intelligence; or 

8 (B) any agent or instrumentality of such 

9 Government; or 

10 (2) engage in any defense cooperation with such 

11 Government, Ministries, agents, or instrumentalities. 

12 (b) EXCEPTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNITED

13 STATES PERSONNEL AND CITIZENS.—The prohibition 

14 under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to activi15 ties of the Department of Defense relating to the protec16 tion of United States diplomatic and consular posts or per17 sonnel or to the evacuation of United States citizens. 

18 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ARMS SALES. 

19 For the period beginning on the date of the enact20 ment of this Act and ending on the date described in sec21 tion 3, no defense article, defense service, or design and 

22 construction service, as such terms are defined for pur23 poses of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 

24 et seq.), may be sold or otherwise made available to the 


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1 Government of Saudi Arabia or to any agents or instru2 mentalities of such Government. 

3 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION BY SEC4 RETARY OF STATE. 

5 The date described in this section is the date on 

6 which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec7 retary of Defense, determines and certifies to the appro8 priate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the Government of Saudi Arabia did not 

10 order or direct the disappearance, imprisonment, or 

11 death of Jamal Khashoggi; and 

12 (2) no agent or instrumentality of the Govern13 ment of Saudi Arabia ordered, directed, or was in 

14 any other way responsible for such disappearance, 

15 imprisonment, or death. 

16 SEC. 4. REPORT ON STATUS OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

19 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 a report on the status of Jamal Khashoggi, the progress 

21 and findings of the United States investigation into his 

22 disappearance and its aftermath, and the role of the Gov23 ernment of Saudi Arabia and its agents and instrumental24 ities in such status, disappearance, and aftermath. 


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1 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

3 a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE5 FINED. 

6 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep10 resentatives; and 

11 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

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