terrorism that it redoubled after the May 12, 2003, 
bombing in Riyadh. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORTS AND DIPLOMATIC 
TRAVEL.—Unless the President makes the certification 
described in subsection (c), the President shall take the 
following actions: 
(1) Prohibit the export to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia, and prohibit the issuance of a license 
for the export to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of— 
(A) any defense articles or defense services 
on the United States Munitions List under sec-
tion 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778) for which special export controls 
are warranted under such Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.); and 
(B) any item identified on the Commerce 
Control List maintained under part 774 of title 
15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) Restrict travel of Saudi diplomats assigned 
to Washington, District of Columbia, New York, 
New York, the Saudi Consulate General in Houston, 
or the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles to a 25-mile 
radius of Washington, District of Columbia, New 
York, New York, the Saudi Consulate General in 
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Houston, or the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles, re-
spectively. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) if the President— 
(1) determines that it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to do so; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains the reasons for 
such determination. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The President shall transmit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a certification of 
any determination made by the President after the date 
of the enactment of this Act that the Government of Saudi 
Arabia— 
(1) is fully cooperating with the United States 
in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks; 
(2) has permanently closed all Saudi-based ter-
ror organizations; 
(3) has ended any funding or other support by 
the Government of Saudi Arabia for any offshore 
terror organization; and 
(4) has exercised maximum efforts to block all 
funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to 
offshore terrorist organizations. 
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SEC. 5. REPORT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
annually thereafter until the President makes the certifi-
cation described in section 4(c), the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the progress made by the Government of Saudi 
Arabia toward meeting the conditions described in para-
graphs (1) through (4) of such section. 
(b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be in unclassified form but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 6. CESSATION OF VISA ISSUANCE. 
Beginning on the day after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, no visa shall be issued by the Government of 
the United States to a citizen of Saudi Arabia until the 
President certifies that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does 
not discriminate in the issuance of visas on the basis of 
religious affiliation or heritage. 
SEC. 7. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate. 
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