Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights Act
This bill imposes visa-blocking sanctions on specified foreign persons determined to have played a role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and it requires the Department of State to report on incidents of arbitrary detention, violence, and state-sanctioned harassment by Saudi Arabia against U.S. citizens and their family members. The bill also requires the State Department to make publicly available a report that describes whether and how a concurrence with Saudi Arabia for U.S. security assistance will avoid identifying the United States with governments that deny human rights and fundamental freedoms to their people.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2021 to May 18, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 18, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2021Markup Mar 25, 2021 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Mar 25, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 25, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 7, 2021H.R. 1464, Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 38, March 1, 2021, page H883.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-20 | MARKUP OF H.R. 391, H.R. 1079, H.R. 1145, H.R. 1500, H.R. 1158, H.R. 1083, H.R. 1392, H.R. 1464, H.R. 256, H.R. 2118, H.Res. 245, H.R. 1934397 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 25, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46423 | Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Dec 16, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons listed in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report titled "Assessing the Saudi Government's Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi", dated February 11, 2021.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Asia
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Due process and equal protection
- Europe
- Family relationships
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Middle East
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- News media and reporting
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Protest and dissent
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Saudi Arabia
- Trade restrictions
- Turkey
- Violent crime
- Visas and passports
- Women's rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2021Introduced in House
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.
