,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 and ,mr4          
,malinowski7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 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 prohibit the use of funds
 to provide for in-flight refueling of  
,saudi or ,saudi-led coalition aircraft 
conducting missions as part of the      
ongoing coalition intervention in       
,yemen4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,yemen ,refueling      
,prohibition ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,from ,april #bjae to ,november #bjah   
the ,united ,states provided in-flight  

refueling to the militaries of the      
,saudi-led coalition in support of the  
coalition's air strikes in ,yemen4  7#b7
 ,a #bjah report by the ,united         
,nations-convened ,group of             
,international and ,regional ,eminent   
,experts on ,yemen found that during    
this timeframe1 most of the #f1fjj      
civilians deaths and #aj1efc civilian   
injuries officially reported in ,yemen  
were due to ,saudi-led coalition        
airstrikes4 ,the report indicated that  
the real numbers were likely            
significantly higher4  7#c7 ,due to the 
repeated failures of the ,saudi-led     
coalition to avoid civilian casualties1 
the ,obama administration suspended the 
sale of precision-guided munitions to   
,saudi ,arabia in ,december #bjaf4  7#d7
 ,in ,may #bjag1 then-,saudi ,foreign   
,minister ,adel al-,jubeir sent a letter
 to then-,secretary of ,state ,rex      
,tillerson outlining the steps the      
,saudi military was taking to change its
 operational conduct1 mitigate civilian 

harm and avoid civilian casualties in   
,yemen4  7#e7 ,in ,june #bjag1 the      
,trump administration announced its     
intention to resume the sale of         
precision-guided munitions to ,saudi    
,arabia4  7#f7 ,despite the ,saudi      
,foreign ,minister's assurances1 from   
,june #bjag to ,november #bjah1         
airstrike-caused civilian deaths        
continued1 including--  7,a7 over a     
#aj-;day period in ,december #bjag1 the 
,united ,nations recorded at least #aji 
civilians killed by airstrikes1         
including #ed civilians killed at a     
market in ,taiz province and #ad members
 of one family killed in ,hudaydah      
province2  7,b7 in ,april #bjah1 more   
than #bj civilians were killed at a     
wedding party in ,hajjah province2 and  
7,c7 in ,august #bjah1 a ,saudi-led     
coalition airstrike hit a school bus in 
a market in ,dahyan1 killing #ea people1
 #dj of whom were children4  7#g7 ,on   
,november #i1 #bjah1 the ,united ,states
 announced its decision to halt all     

refueling assistance to the ,saudi-led  
coalition4  #c4 ,prohibition on         
in-flight refueling of ,saudi or        
,saudi-led coalition aircraft operating 
in ,yemen ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of law1 no ,federal funds may 
be obligated or expended to provide for 
in-flight refueling of ,saudi or        
,saudi-led coalition aircraft conducting
 missions as part of the ongoing        
coalition intervention in ,yemen4