Saudi Arabia December 6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Accountability Act
Bill: H.R.9435 | Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt (R-FL)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Saudi Arabia December 6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Accountability Act
This bill prohibits using federal funds to support Saudi Arabia's military actions in Yemen or to conduct military officer exchange programs with Saudi Arabia. The bill also adds authorization for a $10 million claim for each victim of the December 6, 2019, shooting at the Pensacola, Florida, Naval Air Station to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. The bill appropriates to the fund a specified amount from unobligated balances appropriated for security assistance for Ukraine in FY2023.

To take certain actions with respect to Saudi Arabia in response to the 
 shootings that occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on 
                           December 6, 2019.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saudi Arabia December 6, 2019, Anti-
Terror and Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Trust between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the 
        United States has been eroded by the devastating humanitarian 
        costs of the war in Yemen, the kidnappings and shakedowns of 
        royals and other businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, the 
        murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the torture of women 
        activists seeking equal rights.
            (2) Fifteen of the September 11, 2001, attackers were Saudi 
        citizens, nationals, or of Saudi descent and some of these 
        individuals had direct assistance from the Saudi Government for 
        training, logistical support, and radicalization.
            (3) Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old second lieutenant in 
        the Royal Saudi Air Force who was radicalized by al-Qa`ida in 
        the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Osama bin Laden's teachings of 
        Wahhabiism, fatally shot Cameron Walters, 21, Mohammed Sameh 
        Haitham, 19, Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, and wounded eight others, 
        including two sheriff's deputies, at Naval Air Station 
        Pensacola in Florida on December 6, 2019, in an act of 
        unprovoked and cowardly terror.
            (4) Al-Shamrani was a Trojan Horse sent by his country, 
        Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi authorities were negligent in 
        properly screening Al-Shamrani.
            (5) The Saudi Government had an obligation to report Al-
        Shamrani's anti-American social media posts prior to his 
        enrolment in a joint military training program at Naval Air 
        Station Pensacola.
            (6) The Saudi Government was derelict in monitoring and 
        reporting Al-Shamrani's radicalization, and on failed in their 
        promise to compensate the victims of Al-Shamrani's terrorist 
        attack.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense or any other Federal agency may be used to--
            (1) support the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen or any other 
        Saudi-led proxy wars; or
            (2) carry out any military officer exchange programs with 
        Saudi Arabia.
    (b) Export Controls.--Notwithstanding the Export Control Reform Act 
of 2018, the President shall prohibit the export of munitions 
containers, weapon support, support equipment, spare and repair parts, 
technical and logistical support services, and related elements of 
logistical and program support to Saudi Arabia.

SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS.

    Section 404(c) of the Justice for United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end and inserting;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end, the following:
                    ``(D) $10,000,000 for a victim as defined under 40 
                CFR Sec. 170.305 (or an immediate family member of a 
                victim if the victim is deceased, whether or not as 
                direct result of the shooting) of the shooting by 
                Mohammed Alshamrani at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 
                Florida on December 6, 2019.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(iv) Not later than one year after the 
                        date of enactment of the Saudi Arabia December 
                        6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Accountability Act, 
                        for a claim described in paragraph (2)(D).''.

SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS.

    Section 404(e)(5) of the Justice for United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Fund'' and inserting ``Fund--'';
            (2) by striking ``out of any'' and inserting ``(A) out of 
        any''; and
            (3) by adding at the end, the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) $1,000,000,000 to be derived from unobligated 
                balances of amounts appropriated for security 
                assistance for Ukraine in fiscal year 2023 and to 
                remain available until expended to carry out subsection 
                (c)(2)(D) and for other purposes of the fund. Any 
                unused funds are made available to all victim eligible 
                for damages under 34 U.S.C. 20144.''.
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