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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1511 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 

Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2021 

Ms. OMAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Crown Prince of 

Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al 

Saud. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘MBS Must Be Sanc5 tioned Act’’ or ‘‘MBS MBS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 

2 CROWN PRINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA, MOHAM3 MED BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im6 pose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 

7 to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin 

8 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. 

9 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de10 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

11 (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall ex12 ercise all of the powers granted to the President 

13 under the International Emergency Economic Pow14 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the re15 quirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 

16 1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to 

17 block and prohibit all transactions in property and 

18 interests in property of Mohammed bin Salman bin 

19 Abdulaziz Al Saud if such property and interests in 

20 property are in the United States, come within the 

21 United States, or are or come within the possession 

22 or control of a United States person. 

23 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

24 PAROLE.— 


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1 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—Mo2 hammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 

3 is— 

4 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

5 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

6 documentation to enter the United States; 

7 and 

8 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

9 or paroled into the United States or to re10 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra11 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

12 seq.). 

13 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 

15 documentation issued to Mohammed bin 

16 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud shall be re17 voked regardless of when the visa or other 

18 entry documentation is or was issued. 

19 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca20 tion under clause (i) shall— 

21 (I) take effect immediately; and 

22 (II) cancel any other valid visa or 

23 entry documentation that is in Mo24 hammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al 

25 Saud’s possession. 


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1 (c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

2 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex3 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

4 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

5 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the ex6 tent necessary to carry out this section. 

7 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at8 tempts to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 

9 (b)(1), or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

10 carry out that subsection, shall be subject to the 

11 penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of sec12 tion 2016 of the International Emergency Economic 

13 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 

14 a person who commits an unlawful act described in 

15 subsection (a) of that section. 

16 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 (1) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER18 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE19 MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under subsection 

20 (b)(2) shall not apply if admitting or paroling Mo21 hammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud into the 

22 United States is necessary— 

23 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

24 with the Agreement regarding the Head25 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 


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1 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

2 November 21, 1947, between the United Na3 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

4 international obligations; or 

5 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 

6 activity in the United States. 

7 (2) EXCEPTION RELATED TO THE IMPORTA8 TION OF GOODS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re10 quirements to impose sanctions authorized 

11 under this section shall not include the author12 ity or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 

13 importation of goods. 

14 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

15 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

16 manmade substance, material, supply, or manu17 factured product, including inspection and test 

18 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

19 (e) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

20 may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec21 tion if the President determines and reports to the appro22 priate congressional committees not later than 15 days be23 fore the termination takes effect that— 

24 (1) credible information exists that Mohammed 

25 bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was not involved 


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1 in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, or any other in2 stances of forced disappearance, torture, extrajudi3 cial killing, or other grave human rights violations; 

4 (2) Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al 

5 Saud has been prosecuted appropriately for the mur6 der of Jamal Khashoggi, and all other applicable in7 stances of forced disappearance, torture, extrajudi8 cial killing, or other grave human rights violations; 

9 and 

10 (3) Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al 

11 Saud has credibly demonstrated a significant change 

12 in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for 

13 the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and any other in14 stances of forced disappearance, torture, extrajudi15 cial killing, and other grave human rights abuses, 

16 and has credibly committed to not engage in such 

17 activities in the future. 

18 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

21 shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary 

22 for the implementation of this section. 

23 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less 

24 than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 

25 under paragraph (1), the President shall notify and 


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1 provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 the proposed regulations and an identification of the 

3 provisions of this section that the regulations are im4 plementing. 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

7 and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

8 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

9 (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

10 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

14 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

15 House of Representatives; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

18 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

19 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

20 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

21 (A) an individual who is a United States 

22 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma23 nent residence to the United States; 

24 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

25 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 


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1 United States, including a foreign branch of 

2 such entity; or 

3 (C) any person in the United States. 

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