mental progress in removing intolerant content in 
state-published textbooks. 
(2) Saudi Arabia has committed to educational 
reforms through its Vision 2030 and National 
Transformation Program, and is an important part-
ner of the United States in combating terrorism and 
violent extremism. 
(3) The 2006 ‘‘confirmation of policies’’ nego-
tiated by the United States and Saudi Arabia stated 
that textbooks would be revised within one or two 
years ‘‘to remove remaining intolerant references 
that disparage Muslims or non-Muslims or that pro-
mote hatred toward other religions or religious 
groups.’’. 
(4) According to the Department of State’s Au-
gust 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, 
‘‘[t]he government continued to distribute revised 
textbooks, although some intolerant material re-
mained in circulation, particularly at the high school 
level, including content justifying the execution of 
‘sorcerers’ ’’ and social exclusion of non-Muslims. 
(5) Saudi textbooks have been exported inter-
nationally, including to countries in the Middle East, 
Africa, South, Central, and South East Asia, and 
parts of Europe and North America. 
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(6) The International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 requires the President to designate countries 
in which violations of religious freedom are ‘‘system-
atic, ongoing, [and] egregious’’ as countries of par-
ticular concern. 
(7) The President has designated Saudi Arabia 
as a country of particular concern since 2004, pur-
suant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998, and a waiver of further action has been in 
place since 2006. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, in spite of some 
progress, Saudi Arabia has not yet sufficiently met its 
commitments for eliminating all forms of incitement from 
its educational materials and curriculum in line with its 
commitments to combat terrorism and violent extremism. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d), not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and every year thereafter within 90 days of the 
start of the new school year in Saudi Arabia for the next 
ten years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report reviewing educational materials published by 
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education that are used in 
schools both inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and at 
schools throughout the world. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the submission of a report under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the contents 
of each such report. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The reports required under sub-
section (b) should include the following: 
(1) A detailed determination regarding whether 
all intolerant content has been removed from edu-
cational materials published by Saudi Arabia’s Min-
istry of Education that are used in schools both in-
side the Saudi Arabia and at schools throughout the 
world, including full quotations of all passages that 
could be seen as encouraging violence or intolerance 
towards adherents of religions other than Islam or 
towards Muslims who hold dissenting views. 
(2) A detailed assessment of the global expor-
tation of such materials, including the extent to 
which such materials are used in privately funded 
educational institutions overseas. 
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(3) A detailed summary of actions the Saudi 
Government has taken to retrieve and destroy mate-
rials with intolerant material. 
(4) A detailed assessment of the Saudi Govern-
ment’s efforts to revise teacher manuals and retrain 
teachers to reflect changes in educational materials 
and promote tolerance. 
(5) A detailed determination regarding whether 
issuing a waiver regarding Saudi Arabia as a coun-
try of particular concern under the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 furthers the purposes 
of such Act or is otherwise in the important national 
security interests of the United States. 
(d) TERMINATION.— 
(1) BEFORE TEN YEARS.—If at any time after 
submission of a report required under subsection (a) 
but before the expiration of the 10-year period re-
ferred to in such subsection, the Secretary of State 
determines that intolerant religious content has been 
removed completely from Saudi Arabia’s education 
materials, the requirement to submit any remaining 
reports under such subsection shall not apply. 
(2) AT TEN YEARS.—If at the end of the 10- 
year period referred to in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State determines that intolerant religious 
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content remains in Saudi Arabia’s education mate-
rials, the termination of the requirement to submit 
reports under such subsection shall not apply and 
such reports shall be submitted for a further five 
years. 
(e) FORM.—Reports under this section shall be sub-
mitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 
Not later than 60 days after the submission of the 
annual reports required under section 4, the Secretary of 
State shall make copies of reviewed Saudi educational ma-
terials publicly available on a website of the Department 
of State. 
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