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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 109 

Requesting information on Saudi Arabia’s human rights practices pursuant 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2023 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. LEE, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting information on Saudi Arabia’s human rights 

practices 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. 

4 (a) STATEMENT REQUESTED.—The Senate requests 

5 that the Secretary of State, not later than 30 days after 

6 the date of the adoption of this resolution, transmits to 

7 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep9 resentatives, pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign 

10 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), a statement 


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1 regarding Saudi Arabia’s human rights practices that has 

2 been prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Sec3 retary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 

4 and the Office of the Legal Adviser. 

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The statement submitted under 

6 subsection (a) should include— 

7 (1) all available credible information concerning 

8 alleged violations of internationally recognized 

9 human rights by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in10 cluding— 

11 (A) torture and inhuman treatment of de12 tainees; 

13 (B) execution of people for nonviolent of14 fenses; 

15 (C) discrimination against women; 

16 (D) severe restrictions on religious free17 dom; 

18 (E) forced disappearances; 

19 (F) transnational repression; and 

20 (G) the denial of the right to life in the 

21 context of the armed conflict in Yemen caused 

22 by indiscriminate or disproportionate oper23 ations; 

24 (2) a description of the steps that the United 

25 States Government has taken— 


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1 (A) to promote respect for and observance 

2 of human rights as part of the Kingdom of 

3 Saudi Arabia’s activities, including in the con4 text of the armed conflict in Yemen; 

5 (B) to discourage any practices that are 

6 inimical to internationally recognized human 

7 rights; and 

8 (C) to publicly or privately call attention 

9 to, and disassociate the United States and any 

10 security assistance provided for the Kingdom of 

11 Saudi Arabia from, any practices described in 

12 subparagraph (B); 

13 (3) an assessment, notwithstanding any prac14 tices described in paragraph (2)(B), whether ex15 traordinary circumstances exist that necessitate a 

16 continuation of security assistance for the Kingdom 

17 of Saudi Arabia; 

18 (4) if such circumstances exist, a description of 

19 the circumstances and the extent to which security 

20 assistance should be continued (subject to such con21 ditions as Congress may impose under section 502B 

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

23 2304)); and 

24 (5) other information, including— 


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1 (A) an assessment from the Secretary of 

2 State of the likelihood that United States secu3 rity assistance (as defined in section 502B(d) of 

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

5 2304(d))) will be used in support of Saudi ac6 tivities related to the armed conflict in Yemen; 

7 (B) a description and assessment of the 

8 actions that the United States Government is 

9 taking to ensure end use monitoring protocols 

10 for all weapons sold or transferred to the King11 dom of Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen; 

12 (C) an assessment of any impact or ad13 verse effect to Israel’s qualitative military edge 

14 of security assistance provided by the United 

15 States or other countries; 

16 (D) a description of any actions that the 

17 United States Government is taking to address 

18 allegations of detention, torture, or forced dis19 appearances of United States citizens by the 

20 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 

21 (E) a description of any actions that the 

22 United States Government is taking to deter in23 cidents of intimidation or harassment by the 

24 Government of Saudi Arabia against United 

25 States citizens, individuals in the United States, 


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1 and their family members who are not United 

2 States citizens, whether living in Saudi Arabia 

3 or in the United States; and 

4 (F) a description of any actions that the 

5 United States Government is taking to prevent 

6 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from aiding 

7 Saudi citizens accused of violent crimes in the 

8 United States to flee from the United States. 

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