,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjbb,ms4 ,mc,collum 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,schiff1 and ,mr4 ,connolly7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to enshrine the legacy of      
,jamal ,khashoggi by protecting         
dissidents and journalists1 codifying   
the ,khashoggi ,ban1 and introducing the
 ,khashoggi ,amendment to the ,foreign  
,sovereign ,immunities ,act1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,jamal         
,khashoggi ,protection for ,dissidents  
and ,journalists ,act of #bjbb4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,jamal ,khashoggi was a resident  
of the ,united ,states living in the    
,commonwealth of ,virginia1 a ,saudi    
journalist1 a ,washington ,post         
columnist1 and critical of the ,saudi   
regime4  7#b7 ,on ,october #b1 #bjah1   
,khashoggi was lured to the ,consulate  

of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia in    
,istanbul1 ,turkey under the false cover
 of needing to address a consular       
matter4  7#c7 ,while inside the ,saudi  
consulate1 ,khashoggi was murdered1 and 
his body was dismembered by intelligence
 officers of the ,kingdom of ,saudi     
,arabia4  7#d7 ,the ,office of the      
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
determined in #bjah that ,saudi ,crown  
,prince ,mohammed ,bin ,salman approved 
the capture or killing of ,khashoggi in 
,istanbul4  7#e7 ,a highly credible     
inquiry by the ,united ,nations         
concluded that ,khashoggi's killing was 
premeditated and that the mission was   
endorsed1 planned1 and overseen by      
senior ,saudi officials4  #c4 ,khashoggi
 ,amendment to the ,foreign ,sovereign  
,immunities ,act  7a7 ,general          
exceptions to the jurisdictional        
immunity of a foreign state ,section    
#afje7;a7 of title #bh1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph   
7#e77;,b71 by striking or at the end2   

7#b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by striking the 
period and insertin 2 or2 and  7#c7 by  
adding at the end the following3  7#g7  
in which money damages are sought       
against a foreign state for the personal
 injury or death of a ,united ,states   
person or resident taking place on or   
after ,october #b1 #bjag1 anywhere other
 than on the territory of that foreign  
state1 where the injury or death is a   
direct result of extraterritorial       
counter-dissident activities conducted  
by the defendant foreign state or its   
agents4 ,for purposes of this           
subsection1 counter-dissident activities
 includes activities that suppress1     
harass1 surveil1 threaten1 or harm      
journalists1 activists1 or other persons
 perceived to be dissidents4 4  7b7     
,exceptions to the immunity from        
attachment or execution ,section #afaj  
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by striking section             
#afje7;a77#b71 7#c71 or 7#e7 and        
inserting paragraph 7#b71 7#c71 7#e71 or

 7#g7 of section #afje7;a74  #d4        
,khashoggi ban ground of inadmissibility
 ,section #bab7;a77#c7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#c77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,h7  
,khashoggi ban  7i7 ,in general ,an     
alien who is determined by the          
,secretary of ,state or the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security to be acting on  
behalf of a foreign government and is   
believed to be directly engaged in      
serious1 extraterritorial               
counter-dissident activities1 including 
those that suppress1 harass1 surveil1   
threaten1 or harm-- 7,i7 journalists2   
7,,ii7 activists2  7,,iii7 other persons
 perceived to be dissidents for their   
work2 or  7,,iv7 families or other close
 associates of the persons described in 
clauses 7i7 through 7iii71  is          
inadmissible4  7ii7 ,discretionary ban  
,any alien who is a family member of an 
alien who is inadmissible under clause  
7i7 may be inadmissible1 as determined  

by the ,secretary of ,state or the      
,secretary of ,homeland ,security4      
7iii7 ,notification of determinations   
,if an alien is determined to be        
inadmissible under clause 7i7 or 7ii71  
the ,secretary of ,state or the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
make a public statement identifying the 
alien and the reasons for the           
determination4  7iv7 ,national security 
waiver ,the ,secretary of ,state or the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security may   
waive the requirements of this          
subparagraph1 or any part thereof1 if   
such ,secretary determines that such    
requirements do not serve the national  
security interest of the ,united        
,states4 ,such waiver shall be made in  
writing to ,congress and shall include a
 brief description of the national      
security reason for such waiver4  7v7   
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#a1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbc and    
each fiscal year thereafter to carry out

 this section4  4