HR 3643 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003

Introduced Nov 21, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Anthony D. Weiner D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 21, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 21, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government of Saudi Arabia must immediately and unconditionally: (1) provide complete, unrestricted, and unobstructed cooperation to the United States in the investigation of terror groups and individuals; (2) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any way aid and abet terrorism anywhere in the world; (3) end all funding for terror organizations outside Saudi Arabia ("offshore terror organizations"); and (4) block all funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations.

Directs the President to certify to Congress that the Government of Saudi Arabia is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks, has closed permanently all Saudi-based terror organizations, has ended funding for any offshore terror organization, and has made all efforts to block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to offshore terror organizations. Requires the President to prohibit certain exports to Saudi Arabia and restrict travel of certain Saudi diplomats if the President cannot certify that the Government of Saudi Arabia has taken the measures required by this Act to combat terrorism. Allows the President to waive such sanctions if the President determines that it is in the national security interest to do so.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2003 to Oct 7, 2004; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABarney FrankOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-INBaron P. HillOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalNov 21, 2003
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalNov 21, 2003
R-NJMike FergusonOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-FLPeter DeutschOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-CARobert T. MatsuiOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalNov 21, 2003
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalNov 21, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanJan 20, 2004
R-NJChristopher H. SmithMar 2, 2004
R-VAFrank R. WolfMar 10, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostMar 10, 2004
R-VAJo Ann DavisMar 16, 2004
D-ILLane EvansMar 17, 2004
D-NYNita M. LoweyMar 18, 2004
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelMar 24, 2004
D-FLRobert WexlerApr 1, 2004
D-METhomas H. AllenApr 20, 2004
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 16, 2004
D-NYMajor R. OwensJun 16, 2004
R-COMarilyn N. MusgraveJun 16, 2004
R-AZRick RenziJun 16, 2004
D-CABob FilnerSep 8, 2004
R-INChris ChocolaSep 8, 2004
R-PAJim GerlachSep 8, 2004
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 8, 2004
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOct 7, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Nov 21, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 21, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Nov 21, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1888Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003Identical billNov 18, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To halt Saudi support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents.
Short Titles as Introduced
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 21, 2003Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.