I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
To prohibit the use of funds to provide for in-flight refueling of Saudi 
or Saudi-led coalition aircraft conducting missions as part of the ongoing 
coalition intervention in Yemen. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. MALINOWSKI) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to provide for in-flight refueling 
of Saudi or Saudi-led coalition aircraft conducting mis-
sions as part of the ongoing coalition intervention in 
Yemen. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yemen Refueling Pro-
hibition Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) From April 2015 to November 2018 the 
United States provided in-flight refueling to the mili-
taries of the Saudi-led coalition in support of the 
coalition’s air strikes in Yemen. 
(2) A 2018 report by the United Nations-con-
vened Group of International and Regional Eminent 
Experts on Yemen found that during this timeframe, 
most of the 6,600 civilians deaths and 10,563 civil-
ian injuries officially reported in Yemen were due to 
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes. The report indicated 
that the real numbers were likely significantly high-
er. 
(3) Due to the repeated failures of the Saudi- 
led coalition to avoid civilian casualties, the Obama 
administration suspended the sale of precision-guid-
ed munitions to Saudi Arabia in December 2016. 
(4) In May 2017, then-Saudi Foreign Minister 
Adel al-Jubeir sent a letter to then-Secretary of 
State Rex Tillerson outlining the steps the Saudi 
military was taking to change its operational con-
duct, mitigate civilian harm and avoid civilian cas-
ualties in Yemen. 
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(5) In June 2017, the Trump administration 
announced its intention to resume the sale of preci-
sion-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. 
(6) Despite the Saudi Foreign Minister’s assur-
ances, from June 2017 to November 2018, airstrike- 
caused civilian deaths continued, including— 
(A) over a 10-day period in December 
2017, the United Nations recorded at least 109 
civilians killed by airstrikes, including 54 civil-
ians killed at a market in Taiz province and 14 
members of one family killed in Hudaydah 
province; 
(B) in April 2018, more than 20 civilians 
were killed at a wedding party in Hajjah prov-
ince; and 
(C) in August 2018, a Saudi-led coalition 
airstrike hit a school bus in a market in 
Dahyan, killing 51 people, 40 of whom were 
children. 
(7) On November 9, 2018, the United States 
announced its decision to halt all refueling assist-
ance to the Saudi-led coalition. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OF SAUDI 
OR SAUDI-LED COALITION AIRCRAFT OPER-
ATING IN YEMEN. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds may be obligated or expended to provide for 
in-flight refueling of Saudi or Saudi-led coalition aircraft 
conducting missions as part of the ongoing coalition inter-
vention in Yemen. 
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