S 1888 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003

Introduced Nov 18, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Arlen Specter D-PA

Latest action · Nov 18, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15080)

Progress

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IntroducedNov 18, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2003 to Sep 30, 2004; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Bob Graham	Original	Nov 18, 2003
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Nov 18, 2003
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Nov 18, 2003
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Nov 18, 2003
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Nov 18, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Nov 18, 2003
R-KY	Jim Bunning		Jan 27, 2004
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold		Mar 3, 2004
D-NV	Harry Reid		Mar 9, 2004
D-WA	Patty Murray		Mar 11, 2004
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jun 15, 2004
D-CA	Barbara Boxer		Jun 21, 2004
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg		Jun 21, 2004
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Jul 20, 2004
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Jul 21, 2004
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan		Sep 30, 2004

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Foreign Relations Committee	Referred Nov 18, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 18, 2003Introduced in Senate
Nov 18, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15080)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S317	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Jan 28, 2004
Senate	Debate and remarks S15081Text printed S15080Summaries S15079	Arlen Specter D-PA (text)	Nov 18, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-683	AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM FINANCING325 pages	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	Jun 15, 2004

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3643	Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003	Identical bill	Nov 21, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill 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.

Nov 18, 2003Introduced in Senate

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