,i #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dedi ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,december #e1 #bjag,mr4 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4 ,keating7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to require annual reports on religious intolerance in ,saudi ,arabian educational materials1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,saudi ,educational ,transparency and ,reform ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,government of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia for more than #ae years has made incremental progress in removing intolerant content in state-published textbooks4 7#b7 ,saudi ,arabia has committed to educational reforms through its ,vision #bjcj and ,national ,transformation ,program1 and is an important partner of the ,united ,states in combating terrorism and violent extremism4 7#c7 ,the #bjjf confirmation of policies negotiated 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 promote hatred toward other religions or religious groups44 7#d7 ,according to the ,department of ,state's ,august #bjag ,international ,religious ,freedom ,report1 the government continued to distribute revised textbooks1 although some intolerant material remained in circulation1 particularly at the high school level1 including content justifying the execution of sorcerers and social exclusion of non-,muslims4 7#e7 ,saudi textbooks have been exported internationally1 including to countries in the ,middle ,east1 ,africa1 ,south1 ,central1 and ,south ,east ,asia1 and parts of ,europe and ,north ,america4 7#f7 ,the ,international ,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih requires the ,president to designate countries in which violations of religious freedom are systematic1 ongoing1 and egregious as countries of particular concern4 7#g7 ,the ,president has designated ,saudi ,arabia as a country of particular concern since #bjjd1 pursuant to the ,international ,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih1 and a waiver of further action has been in place since #bjjf4 #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that1 in spite of some progress1 ,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 extremism4 #d4 ,reports 7a7 ,in general ,subject to subsection 7d71 not later than #abj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act and every year thereafter within #ij days of the start of the new school year in ,saudi ,arabia for the next ten years1 the ,secretary of ,state shall submit to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a report reviewing educational materials published by ,saudi ,arabia's ,ministry of ,education that are used in schools both inside the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia and at schools throughout the world4 7b7 ,consultation ,not later than #cj days after the submission of a report under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of ,state shall consult with the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate on the contents of each such report4 7c7 ,contents ,the reports required under subsection 7b7 should include the following3 7#a7 ,a detailed determination regarding whether all intolerant content has been removed from educational materials published by ,saudi ,arabia's ,ministry of ,education that are used in schools both inside the ,saudi ,arabia and at schools throughout the world1 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 views4 7#b7 ,a detailed assessment of the global exportation of such materials1 including the extent to which such materials are used in privately funded educational institutions overseas4 7#c7 ,a detailed summary of actions the ,saudi ,government has taken to retrieve and destroy materials with intolerant material4 7#d7 ,a detailed assessment of the ,saudi ,government's efforts to revise teacher manuals and retrain teachers to reflect changes in educational materials and promote tolerance4 7#e7 ,a detailed determination regarding whether issuing a waiver regarding ,saudi ,arabia as a country of particular concern under the ,international ,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih furthers the purposes of such ,act or is otherwise in the important national security interests of the ,united ,states4 7d7 ,termination 7#a7 ,before ten years ,if at any time after submission of a report required under subsection 7a7 but before the expiration of the #aj-year period referred to in such subsection1 the ,secretary of ,state determines that intolerant religious content has been removed completely from ,saudi ,arabia's education materials1 the requirement to submit any remaining reports under such subsection shall not apply4 7#b7 ,at ten years ,if at the end of the #aj-year period referred to in subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of ,state determines that intolerant religious content remains in ,saudi ,arabia's education materials1 the termination of the requirement to submit reports under such subsection shall not apply and such reports shall be submitted for a further five years4 7e7 ,form ,reports under this section shall be submitted in an unclassified form1 but may contain a classified annex4 #e4 ,transparency ,not later than #fj days after the submission of the annual reports required under section #d1 the ,secretary of ,state shall make copies of reviewed ,saudi educational materials publicly available on a website of the ,department of ,state4