H.R. 1464 · 117th Congress

Saudi Arabia Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights Act

Stage
Reported from committee
Introduced
2021-03-01
Latest action
2021-04-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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.