,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dejg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjai,mr4 ,connolly introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,permanent ,select  
,committee on ,intelligence1 for a      
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
protect ,saudi dissidents in the ,united
 ,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protection of ,saudi ,dissidents   
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3  7#a7 ,jamal       
,khashoggi1 a ,saudi journalist and     
,washington ,post columnist1 was killed 
and dismembered in the ,saudi consulate 
in ,istanbul1 ,turkey on ,october #b1   
#bjah1 by agents with close ties to the 
,government of ,saudi ,arabia4  7#b7    

,khashoggi was a longtime resident of   
the ,united ,states1 living in ,virginia
 under an ,o visa and was in the process
 of applying for a permanent residency4 
,two of his four children are ,united   
,states citizens4  7#c7 ,for many years1
 ,khashoggi wrote on ,saudi political   
and cultural issues and after criticisms
 of ,crown ,prince ,mohammed ,bin       
,salman1 ,khashoggi chose to reside in  
the ,united ,states due to his growing  
fear of arrest in ,saudi ,arabia4 ,from 
a self-imposed exile1 he wrote monthly  
columns in the ,washington ,post1       
including columns that criticized       
various ,saudi policies4  7#d7 ,on      
,october #b1 #bjah1 ,khashoggi visited  
the ,saudi consulate in ,istanbul with  
his fiance to conduct routine consular  
matters4 ,she waited for him for over   
ten hours outside the consulate1 but he 
never re-emerged4 ,the ,turkish         
authorities subsequently reported that  
,khashoggi was murdered inside the      
,saudi consulate4  7#e7 ,for over two   

weeks following the murder1 ,saudi      
,arabia denied any knowledge of         
,khashoggi's whereabouts and claimed the
 allegations were false and baseless4   
,however1 on ,october #bj1 #bjah1 state 
television in ,saudi ,arabia reported   
that the journalist was murdered in a   
rogue operation under the orders of     
intelligence officers4  7#f7 ,though    
,saudi ,arabia has detained #ba people1 
dismissed two senior officials1 and     
charged eleven people for ,khashoggi's  
murder1 the ,government of ,saudi       
,arabia has denied that ,saudi          
leadership ordered the killing and has  
refused to extradite any suspects to    
,turkey4  7#g7 ,to date the ,united     
,states ,government has taken no actions
 to force an independent1 international 
investigation of the killing of ,jamal  
,khashoggi nor shown any willingness to 
hold accountable the highest levels of  
,saudi leadership4  #c4 ,restrictions on
 transfers of defense articles and      
services1 any design and construction   

services1 and any major defense         
equipment to ,saudi ,arabia  7a7        
,initial period ,during the #abj-;day   
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
may not transfer1 sell1 or authorize a  
license for export of any defense       
articles or services1 any design and    
construction services1 or any major     
defense equipment under the ,arms       
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bgea et seq471 regardless of the amount
 of such articles1 services1 or         
equipment1 to an intelligence1 internal 
security1 or law enforcement agency or  
instrumentality of the ,government of   
,saudi ,arabia1 or to any person acting 
as an agent of or on behalf of such     
agency or instrumentality4  7b7         
,subsequent periods  7#a7 ,in general   
,during the #abj-;day period beginning  
on the day after the end of the         
#abj-;day period described in subsection
 7a71 and every #abj days thereafter1   
the ,president may not transfer1 sell1  

or authorize a license for export of any
 defense articles or services1 any      
design and construction services1 or any
 major defense equipment under the ,arms
 ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bgea et seq471 regardless of the amount
 of such articles1 services1 or         
equipment1 to an intelligence1 internal 
security1 or law enforcement agency or  
instrumentality of the ,government of   
,saudi ,arabia1 or to any person acting 
as an agent of or on behalf of such     
agency or instrumentality1 unless the   
,president submits to the chairman and  
ranking member of the appropriate       
congressional committees a certification
 described in paragraph 7#b7 with       
respect to such #abj-;day period4  7#b7 
,certification ,a certification         
described in this paragraph is a        
certification that contains a           
determination of the ,president that--  
7,a7 the ,government of ,saudi ,arabia  
is cooperating with an independent1     
international investigation into the    

murder of ,jamal ,khashoggi2  7,b7 the  
,government of ,saudi ,arabia has       
released any individual who is a        
journalist1 blogger1 human rights       
defender1 advocate for religious        
freedom1 or civil society activist      
detained by the ,government of ,saudi   
,arabia for such individual's work2     
7,c7 the ,government of ,saudi ,arabia  
is refraining from arresting1 detaining1
 and harassing individuals for blasphemy
 and apostasy1 and is protecting the    
equal rights of all citizens to freedom 
of religion or belief2  7,d7 the        
,government of ,saudi ,arabia has taken 
verifiable steps to end the torture of  
detainees2 and  7,e7 the ,government of 
,saudi ,arabia has disbanded any units  
of its intelligence or security         
apparatus dedicated to the forced       
repatriation1 silencing1 or killing of  
dissidents in other countries4  7c7     
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    

means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs and the ,committee on ,armed   
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations and   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services of   
the ,senate4  #d4 ,report on consistent 
pattern of acts of intimidation or      
harassment directed against individuals 
in the ,united ,states  7a7 ,findings   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,section #f of the ,arms ,export        
,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgef7     
states that no export licenses may be   
issued to any country determined by the 
,president to be engaged in a consistent
 pattern of acts of intimidation or     
harassment directed against individuals 
in the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,section  
#f of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act   
further requires the ,president to      
report any such determination promptly  
to the ,speaker of the ,house of        
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      

,representatives1 and to the chairman of
 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  
of the ,senate4  7b7 ,report ,not later 
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a    
report on whether any official of the   
,government of ,saudi ,arabia engaged in
 a consistent pattern of acts of        
intimidation or harassment directed     
against ,jamal ,khashoggi or any        
individual in the ,united ,states4  7c7 
,form ,the report required by subsection
 7b7 shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex4
  #e4 ,report and certification with    
respect to ,saudi diplomats and         
diplomatic facilities in the ,united    
,states  7a7 ,report ,not later than    
#abj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state and the ,director of ,national

 ,intelligence shall submit to the      
appropriate congressional committees a  
report covering the three year period   
before such date regarding whether and  
to what extent covered persons used     
diplomatic credentials or covered       
facilities to monitor1 track1 surveil1  
harass1 or harm other ,saudi nationals  
living in the ,united ,states4  7b7     
,certification  7#a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #abj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act and annually 
thereafter for five years1 the          
,secretary of ,state shall1 if the      
,secretary determines that such is the  
case1 submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a certification
 that covered persons are not using     
diplomatic credentials or covered       
facilities to monitor1 track1 surveil1  
harass1 or harm ,saudi nationals living 
in the ,united ,states during the time  
period covered by each such             
certification4  7#b7 ,failure to submit 
certification ,if the ,secretary of     

,state does not submit a certification  
under paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary    
shall-- 7,a7 close one or more covered  
facilities for such period of time until
 the ,secretary does submit such a      
certification2 and  7,b7 submit to the  
appropriate congressional committee a   
report that contains-- 7i7 a detailed   
explanation of why the ,secretary is    
unable to make such a certification2 and
  7ii7 an identification of the         
locations of the covered facilities     
referred to in subparagraph 7,a74  7c7  
,form ,each report required by          
subsection 7a7 and the certification and
 report required by subsection 7b7 shall
 be submitted in unclassified form but  
may contain a classified annex4  7d7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means--  7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,permanent 
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     

7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign         
,relations and the ,select ,committee on
 ,intelligence of the ,senate4  7#b7    
,covered facility ,the term covered     
facility means a diplomatic or consular 
facility of ,saudi ,arabia in the       
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,covered person  
,the term covered person means a ,saudi 
national credentialed to a covered      
facility4  #f4 ,report on the duty to   
warn obligation of the ,government of   
the ,united ,states  7a7 ,findings      
,congress finds that ,intelligence      
,community ,directive #aia provides     
that--  7#a7 when an element of the     
intelligence community of the ,united   
,states collects or acquires credible   
and specific information indicating an  
impending threat of intentional killing1
 serious bodily injury1 or kidnapping   
directed at a person1 the agency must   
warn the intended victim or those       
responsible for protecting the intended 
victim1 as appropriate2 and  7#b7 when  
issues arise with respect to whether the

 threat information rises to the        
threshold of duty to warn1 the directive
 calls for resolution in favor of       
warning the intended victim4  7b7       
,report ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 shall submit to the appropriate        
congressional committees a report with  
respect to--  7#a7 whether and how the  
intelligence community fulfilled its    
duty to warn ,jamal ,khashoggi of       
threats to his life and liberty pursuant
 to ,intelligence ,community ,directive 
#aia2 and  7#b7 in the case of the      
intelligence community not fulfilling   
its duty to warn as described in        
paragraph 7#a71 why the intelligence    
community did not fulfill this duty4    
7c7 ,form ,the report required by       
subsection 7b7 shall be submitted in    
unclassified form but may contain a     
classified annex4  7d7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional committees ,the term      

appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs and the ,permanent ,select    
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
and the ,select ,committee on           
,intelligence of the ,senate4  7#b7     
,duty to warn ,the term duty to warn has
 the meaning given that term in         
,intelligence ,community ,directive     
#aia1 as in effect on ,july #ba1 #bjae4 
7#c7 ,intelligence community ,the term  
intelligence community has the meaning  
given such term in section #c7d7 of the 
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
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