IV 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 516
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States diplomatic and consular 
missions should provide the full and complete protection of the United 
States to certain citizens of the United States living abroad. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2002
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. 
OSE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States diplo-
matic and consular missions should provide the full and 
complete protection of the United States to certain citi-
zens of the United States living abroad.
Whereas there are numerous cases in which citizens of the 
United States are prevented from leaving Saudi Arabia 
against their will or in violation of United States law; 
Whereas Amjad Radwan and Rasheed Radwan, 2 United 
States citizens, were prevented from leaving Saudi Arabia 
by their Saudi-national father in 1985; 
Whereas Monica Stowers, the mother of Amjad Radwan and 
Rasheed Radwan and a United States citizen, traveled to 
Saudi Arabia in November 1990 and heard directly from
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her children of the physical and sexual abuse they had 
endured there; 
Whereas upon learning of the abuse, Ms. Stowers brought 
her children to the United States Embassy in Riyadh, 
displayed their United States passports, and sought the 
protection of the Embassy and assistance in returning 
home to the United States; 
Whereas personnel from the Department of State told Ms. 
Stowers and her children that the Embassy was ‘‘not a 
hotel’’ and urged them to leave; 
Whereas personnel from the Department of State informed 
Ms. Stowers’ ex-husband, without her permission and in 
total disregard for her safety, that she and her children 
were in the Embassy; 
Whereas personnel from the Department of State ordered 
United States Marines to physically eject Ms. Stowers 
and her children from the Embassy; 
Whereas following her ejection, Ms. Stowers was arrested for 
refusing to leave Saudi Arabia without her children and 
sent to a women’s prison; 
Whereas the current Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Robert W. 
Jordan, has pledged that no United States citizen will be 
similarly removed from the Embassy while he is ambas-
sador; 
Whereas American women in Saudi Arabia have directly in-
formed Members of Congress of the physical abuse in-
flicted upon them by their Saudi husbands, the lack of 
support or protection for battered women in Saudi soci-
ety, and the inability to leave Saudi Arabia with their 
children unless their husbands give permission;
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Whereas these women and personnel from the Department of 
State estimate that there are hundreds of abused Amer-
ican women in Saudi Arabia who do not report their 
cases due to fear and hopelessness; 
Whereas many of these abused American women do not at-
tempt to escape for fear that failure would result in 
death or serious bodily injury to them and their children; 
Whereas abused American women in Saudi Arabia are dis-
couraged from seeking assistance from the United States 
Embassy or consulate in escaping with their children and 
are told that nothing can be done for them; 
Whereas many of these women and their children are denied 
religious freedoms and other basic human rights while 
detained in Saudi Arabia; 
Whereas a primary purpose of United States diplomatic mis-
sions is to protect the interests of United States citizens; 
Whereas international law recognizes certain privileges and 
immunities for United States embassies, ambassadors’ 
residences, and consulates; and 
Whereas such privileges and immunities enable United States 
diplomatic personnel to provide sanctuary to United 
States citizens abroad: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that United 
States diplomatic and consular missions should provide 
the full and complete protection of the United States to 
citizens of the United States who—
(1) are living or traveling abroad;
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(2) are victims of international child abduction, 
domestic violence, or sexual abuse; and 
(3) seek sanctuary in a United States diplo-
matic or consular mission.
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