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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6626 

To take certain actions with respect to Saudi Arabia in response to the 

shootings that occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on 

December 6, 2019. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2023 

Mr. GAETZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

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

and Armed Services, 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 take certain actions with respect to Saudi Arabia in 

response to the shootings that occurred at Naval Air 

Station Pensacola in Florida on December 6, 2019. 

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 ‘‘Saudi Arabia Decem5 ber 6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Trust between the Kingdom of Saudi Ara2 bia and the United States has been eroded by the 

3 devastating humanitarian costs of the war in Yemen, 

4 the kidnappings and shakedowns of royals and other 

5 businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, the murder 

6 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the torture of 

7 women activists seeking equal rights. 

8 (2) Fifteen of the September 11, 2001, 

9 attackers were Saudi citizens, nationals, or of Saudi 

10 descent and some of these individuals had direct as11 sistance from the Saudi Government for training, 

12 logistical support, and radicalization. 

13 (3) Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old sec14 ond lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force who 

15 was radicalized by al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Penin16 sula (AQAP) and Osama bin Laden’s teachings of 

17 Wahhabiism, fatally shot Cameron Walters, 21, Mo18 hammed Sameh Haitham, 19, Joshua Kaleb Wat19 son, 23, and wounded eight others, including two 

20 sheriff’s deputies, at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 

21 Florida on December 6, 2019, in an act of 

22 unprovoked and cowardly terror. 

23 (4) Al-Shamrani was a Trojan Horse sent by 

24 his country, Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi authorities 

25 were negligent in properly screening Al-Shamrani. 


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1 (5) The Saudi Government had an obligation to 

2 report Al-Shamrani’s anti-American social media 

3 posts prior to his enrollment in a joint military 

4 training program at Naval Air Station Pensacola. 

5 (6) The Saudi Government was derelict in mon6 itoring and reporting Al-Shamrani’s radicalization, 

7 and on failed in their promise to compensate the vic8 tims of Al-Shamrani’s terrorist attack. 

9 SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds available to the 

11 Department of Defense or any other Federal agency may 

12 be used to— 

13 (1) support the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen or 

14 any other Saudi-led proxy wars; or 

15 (2) carry out any military officer exchange pro16 grams with Saudi Arabia. 

17 (b) EXPORT CONTROLS.—Notwithstanding the Ex18 port Control Reform Act of 2018, the President shall pro19 hibit the export of munitions containers, weapon support, 

20 support equipment, spare and repair parts, technical and 

21 logistical support services, and related elements of 

22 logistical and program support to Saudi Arabia. 


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1 SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS. 

2 Section 404(c) of the Justice for United States Vic3 tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

7 at the end and inserting; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end, the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) $10,000,000 for a victim as defined 

12 under 40 CFR § 170.305 (or an immediate 

13 family member of a victim if the victim is de14 ceased, whether or not as direct result of the 

15 shooting) of the shooting by Mohammed 

16 Alshamrani at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 

17 Florida on December 6, 2019.’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(iii) Not later than one year after 

21 the date of enactment of the Saudi Arabia 

22 December 6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Ac23 countability Act, for a claim described in 

24 paragraph (2)(D).’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS. 

2 Section 404(e)(5) of the Justice for United States 

3 Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 

4 20144(e)(5)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Fund— 

6 ’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘out of any’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 

8 out of any’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end, the following new sub10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(B) $1,000,000,000 to be derived from 

12 unobligated balances of amounts appropriated 

13 for security assistance for Ukraine in fiscal year 

14 2024 and to remain available until expended to 

15 carry out subsection (c)(2)(D) and for other 

16 purposes of the fund. Any unused funds are 

17 made available to all victim eligible for damages 

18 under 34 U.S.C. 20144.’’. 

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