I 
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 Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently 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. 
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 ‘‘Saudi Arabia Human 
Rights and Accountability Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESS-
MENT RELATING TO THE KILLING OF WASH-
INGTON 
POST 
COLUMNIST 
JAMAL 
KHASHOGGI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report consisting of— 
(1) a determination and presentation of evi-
dence with respect to the advance knowledge and 
role of any current or former official of the Govern-
ment of Saudi Arabia or any current or former sen-
ior Saudi political figure over the directing, ordering, 
or tampering of evidence in the killing of Wash-
ington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi; and 
(2) a list of foreign persons that the Director 
of National Intelligence has high confidence— 
(A) were responsible for, or complicit in, 
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing an 
act or acts contributing to or causing the death 
of Jamal Khashoggi; 
(B) materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, or technological sup-
port for, or goods or services in support of, an 
activity described in subparagraph (A); or 
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(C) impeded the impartial investigation of 
the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, including 
through the tampering of evidence relating to 
the investigation. 
(b) FORM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(2) NAMES OF FOREIGN PERSONS LISTED.— 
The name of each foreign person listed in the report 
described in subsection (a)(2) shall be included in 
the unclassified portion of the report unless the Di-
rector of National Intelligence determines that such 
disclosure would undermine United States intel-
ligence sources and methods or threaten the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
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SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS 
THAT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 
SECTION 2(a)(2). 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—On and after the 
date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the sanctions described in subsection (b) shall 
be imposed with respect to each foreign person listed in 
the report described in section 2(a)(2). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 
one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 
to believe, has knowingly engaged in any activ-
ity described in section 2(a)(2) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is 
issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i)— 
(I) shall take effect immediately; 
and 
(II) shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the alien’s pos-
session. 
(2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
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Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States, or other applicable international 
obligations. 
(c) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend 
in whole or in part the imposition of sanctions other-
wise required under this section for periods not to 
exceed 180 days if the President certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the fol-
lowing criteria have been met in Saudi Arabia: 
(A) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 
released any individual who is a journalist, 
blogger, human rights defender, advocate for 
religious liberty, or civil society activist detained 
by the Government of Saudi Arabia. 
(B) The Government of Saudi Arabia is 
cooperating in outstanding criminal proceedings 
in the United States in which a Saudi citizen or 
national departed from the United States while 
the citizen or national was awaiting trial or sen-
tencing for a criminal offense committed in the 
United States. 
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(C) The Government of Saudi Arabia is re-
fraining from the obstruction of the free expres-
sion of opinion and restriction of individuals 
from engaging in public criticism of the political 
sphere. 
(D) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 
made verifiable commitments to cease the prac-
tice of harming citizens of Saudi Arabia con-
ducting peaceful dissent, whether or not those 
citizens reside in Saudi Arabia, including en-
forced repatriation, disappearance, arrest, im-
prisonment, or harassment. 
(E) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 
taken verifiable steps to hold accountable Saudi 
violators of human rights, whether or not those 
violations took place in Saudi Arabia. 
(F) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 
taken verifiable steps to repeal any law or regu-
lation that requires Saudi women to obtain ap-
proval from a male guardian in order to leave 
the country. 
(G) The Government of Saudi Arabia— 
(i) has made public the names of all 
individuals under prosecution for the mur-
der of Jamal Khashoggi and associated 
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crimes and the details of the charges such 
individuals face; 
(ii) has made public the trial pro-
ceedings and all evidence against the ac-
cused; 
(iii) has invited international, inde-
pendent experts to monitor the trials; 
(iv) has made public details of efforts 
to 
establish 
the 
location 
of 
Mr. 
Khashoggi’s remains and associated find-
ings and returned his body to his family; 
and 
(v) has made public the rationale for 
why ten of the individuals initially detained 
were later released without charge. 
(H) The Government of Saudi Arabia has 
disbanded any units of its intelligence or secu-
rity apparatus dedicated to the forced repatri-
ation of dissidents in other countries. 
(I) The Government of Saudi Arabia is co-
operating with efforts to investigate the murder 
of Jamal Khashoggi being conducted by law en-
forcement authorities in the United States and 
Turkey, or by the United Nations. 
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(2) REPORT.—Accompanying the certification 
described in paragraph (1), the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that contains a detailed description of Saudi 
Arabia’s adherence to the criteria described in the 
certification. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
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means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS 
RECORD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in accordance with section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees report in writing 
that— 
(1) includes the information required under 
paragraph (1) of such section 502B(c) with respect 
to Saudi Arabia; 
(2) describes the extent to which officials of the 
Government of Saudi Arabia, including members of 
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(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In the section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
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