Title: To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of State regarding the status of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from providing any assistance to or engaging in any defense cooperation with the government or any instrumentality or agent of Saudi Arabia. Such prohibition shall not apply to DOD protection of U.S. diplomatic and consular posts or personnel or the evacuation of U.S. citizens.
The bill prohibits any defense article, defense service, or design and construction service under the Arms Export Control Act from being sold or otherwise made available to the government or to any instrumentality or agent of Saudi Arabia.
Such prohibitions shall continue until the Department of State certifies to Congress that the government or instrumentality or agent of Saudi Arabia did not direct Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, imprisonment, or death.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7070

 To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the 
Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of 
 State regarding the status of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2018

  Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Massie, Ms. 
     Schakowsky, Mr. Welch, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Amash) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the provision of United States security assistance to the 
Government of Saudi Arabia pending a determination by the Secretary of 
 State regarding the status of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--For the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on the date described in section 3 the 
Secretary of Defense may not--
            (1) provide any United States assistance, including 
        security assistance, intelligence, training, equipment, or 
        services relating to maintenance, testing, or technical data, 
        to--
                    (A) the Government of Saudi Arabia, including the 
                Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Intelligence; or
                    (B) any agent or instrumentality of such 
                Government; or
            (2) engage in any defense cooperation with such Government, 
        Ministries, agents, or instrumentalities.
    (b) Exception for the Protection of United States Personnel and 
Citizens.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to activities of the Department of Defense relating to the 
protection of United States diplomatic and consular posts or personnel 
or to the evacuation of United States citizens.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ARMS SALES.

    For the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on the date described in section 3, no defense article, 
defense service, or design and construction service, as such terms are 
defined for purposes of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.), may be sold or otherwise made available to the Government of 
Saudi Arabia or to any agents or instrumentalities of such Government.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.

    The date described in this section is the date on which the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that--
            (1) the Government of Saudi Arabia did not order or direct 
        the disappearance, imprisonment, or death of Jamal Khashoggi; 
        and
            (2) no agent or instrumentality of the Government of Saudi 
        Arabia ordered, directed, or was in any other way responsible 
        for such disappearance, imprisonment, or death.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON STATUS OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of Jamal 
Khashoggi, the progress and findings of the United States investigation 
into his disappearance and its aftermath, and the role of the 
Government of Saudi Arabia and its agents and instrumentalities in such 
status, disappearance, and aftermath.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.

SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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