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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2037 

To encourage accountability for the murder of Washington Post columnist 

Jamal Khashoggi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

Mr. MALINOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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 encourage accountability for the murder of Washington 

Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. 

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 Human 

5 Rights and Accountability Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESS2 MENT RELATING TO THE KILLING OF WASH3 INGTON POST COLUMNIST JAMAL 

4 KHASHOGGI. 

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

7 Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees a report consisting of— 

9 (1) a determination and presentation of evi10 dence with respect to the advance knowledge and 

11 role of any current or former official of the Govern12 ment of Saudi Arabia or any current or former sen13 ior Saudi political figure over the directing, ordering, 

14 or tampering of evidence in the killing of Wash15 ington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi; and 

16 (2) a list of foreign persons that the Director 

17 of National Intelligence has high confidence— 

18 (A) were responsible for, or complicit in, 

19 ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing an 

20 act or acts contributing to or causing the death 

21 of Jamal Khashoggi; 

22 (B) materially assisted, sponsored, or pro23 vided financial, material, or technological sup24 port for, or goods or services in support of, an 

25 activity described in subparagraph (A); or 


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1 (C) impeded the impartial investigation of 

2 the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, including 

3 through the tampering of evidence relating to 

4 the investigation. 

5 (b) FORM.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub7 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

8 but may include a classified annex. 

9 (2) NAMES OF FOREIGN PERSONS LISTED.— 

10 The name of each foreign person listed in the report 

11 described in subsection (a)(2) shall be included in 

12 the unclassified portion of the report unless the Di13 rector of National Intelligence determines that such 

14 disclosure would undermine United States intel15 ligence sources and methods or threaten the national 

16 security interests of the United States. 

17 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE18 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres19 sional committees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

21 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

24 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS 

2 THAT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 

3 SECTION 2(a)(2). 

4 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—On and after the 

5 date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act, the sanctions described in subsection (b) shall 

7 be imposed with respect to each foreign person listed in 

8 the report described in section 2(a)(2). 

9 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

12 alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec13 retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 

14 one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 

15 to believe, has knowingly engaged in any activ16 ity described in section 2(a)(2) is— 

17 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

18 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

19 documentation to enter the United States; 

20 and 

21 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

22 or paroled into the United States or to re23 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra24 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

25 seq.). 

26 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing con2 sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des4 ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 

5 accordance with section 221(i) of the Im6 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 

8 documentation issued to an alien described 

9 in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 

10 the visa or other entry documentation is 

11 issued. 

12 (ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev13 ocation under clause (i)— 

14 (I) shall take effect immediately; 

15 and 

16 (II) shall automatically cancel 

17 any other valid visa or entry docu18 mentation that is in the alien’s pos19 session. 

20 (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA21 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

22 under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 

23 an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 

24 United States is necessary to permit the United 

25 States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 


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1 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

2 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No3 vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 

4 the United States, or other applicable international 

5 obligations. 

6 (c) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend 

8 in whole or in part the imposition of sanctions other9 wise required under this section for periods not to 

10 exceed 180 days if the President certifies to the ap11 propriate congressional committees that the fol12 lowing criteria have been met in Saudi Arabia: 

13 (A) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 

14 released any individual who is a journalist, 

15 blogger, human rights defender, advocate for 

16 religious liberty, or civil society activist detained 

17 by the Government of Saudi Arabia. 

18 (B) The Government of Saudi Arabia is 

19 cooperating in outstanding criminal proceedings 

20 in the United States in which a Saudi citizen or 

21 national departed from the United States while 

22 the citizen or national was awaiting trial or sen23 tencing for a criminal offense committed in the 

24 United States. 


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1 (C) The Government of Saudi Arabia is re2 fraining from the obstruction of the free expres3 sion of opinion and restriction of individuals 

4 from engaging in public criticism of the political 

5 sphere. 

6 (D) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 

7 made verifiable commitments to cease the prac8 tice of harming citizens of Saudi Arabia con9 ducting peaceful dissent, whether or not those 

10 citizens reside in Saudi Arabia, including en11 forced repatriation, disappearance, arrest, im12 prisonment, or harassment. 

13 (E) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 

14 taken verifiable steps to hold accountable Saudi 

15 violators of human rights, whether or not those 

16 violations took place in Saudi Arabia. 

17 (F) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 

18 taken verifiable steps to repeal any law or regu19 lation that requires Saudi women to obtain ap20 proval from a male guardian in order to leave 

21 the country. 

22 (G) The Government of Saudi Arabia— 

23 (i) has made public the names of all 

24 individuals under prosecution for the mur25 der of Jamal Khashoggi and associated 


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1 crimes and the details of the charges such 

2 individuals face; 

3 (ii) has made public the trial pro4 ceedings and all evidence against the ac5 cused; 

6 (iii) has invited international, inde7 pendent experts to monitor the trials; 

8 (iv) has made public details of efforts 

9 to establish the location of Mr. 

10 Khashoggi’s remains and associated find11 ings and returned his body to his family; 

12 and 

13 (v) has made public the rationale for 

14 why ten of the individuals initially detained 

15 were later released without charge. 

16 (H) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 

17 disbanded any units of its intelligence or secu18 rity apparatus dedicated to the forced repatri19 ation of dissidents in other countries. 

20 (I) The Government of Saudi Arabia is co21 operating with efforts to investigate the murder 

22 of Jamal Khashoggi being conducted by law en23 forcement authorities in the United States and 

24 Turkey, or by the United Nations. 


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1 (2) REPORT.—Accompanying the certification 

2 described in paragraph (1), the President shall sub3 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

4 report that contains a detailed description of Saudi 

5 Arabia’s adherence to the criteria described in the 

6 certification. 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

10 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

11 (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

12 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

16 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

17 Representatives; and 

18 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

19 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen20 ate. 

21 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per22 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

23 person. 

24 (4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

25 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 


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1 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

2 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

3 result. 

4 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

5 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

6 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law7 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

8 United States; or 

9 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

10 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

11 United States, including a foreign branch of 

12 such an entity. 

13 SEC. 4. REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS 

14 RECORD. 

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

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

17 in accordance with section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), shall submit to the 

19 appropriate congressional committees report in writing 

20 that— 

21 (1) includes the information required under 

22 paragraph (1) of such section 502B(c) with respect 

23 to Saudi Arabia; 

24 (2) describes the extent to which officials of the 

25 Government of Saudi Arabia, including members of 


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1 the military or security services, are responsible for 

2 or complicit in gross violations of internationally rec3 ognized human rights, including violations of the 

4 human rights of journalists, bloggers, human rights 

5 defenders, and those who support women’s rights or 

6 religious freedom; 

7 (3) describes violations of human rights in 

8 Saudi Arabia by officials of the Government of 

9 Saudi Arabia, including against journalists, bloggers, 

10 human rights defenders, and civil society activists; 

11 (4) describes United States actions to address 

12 Saudi violations of human rights, including against 

13 journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and 

14 civil society activists, including demands for clem15 ency review of these cases; 

16 (5) describes any intolerant content in edu17 cational materials published by Saudi Arabia’s Min18 istry of Education that are used in schools both in19 side Saudi Arabia and at schools throughout the 

20 world; and 

21 (6) describes United States actions to encour22 age Saudi Arabia to retrieve and destroy materials 

23 with intolerant material and revise teacher manuals 

24 and retrain teachers to reflect changes in edu25 cational materials and promote tolerance. 


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

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

3 a classified annex. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE5 FINED.—In the section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres6 sional committees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 House of Representatives; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

10 Senate. 

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