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Requesting a statement under section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to violations of human rights by the Government of Saudi Arabia.

S. Res. 169 · 116th Congress · Apr 11, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That—
(1)
it is the sense of the Senate that—
(A)
the President should fully comply with the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) by issuing a determination, in response to the request submitted to the President on October 10, 2018, under section 1263(d) of that Act, with respect to the involvement of high-ranking officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; and
(B)
the United States should call upon the Government of Saudi Arabia—
(i)
to release all peaceful human rights activists, journalists, and religious minorities held in detention by that Government; and
(ii)
to take actions that reverse that Government's gross violation of internationally recognized human rights; and
(2)
pursuant to section 502B(c)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)), the Senate requests the Secretary of State to submit to Congress, in unclassified form, but with a classified annex if necessary, a statement with respect to Saudi Arabia setting forth—
(A)
the matters described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of such section; and
(B)
pursuant to subparagraph (D) of such section—
(i)
information on the involvement of the highest-ranking officials in the Government of Saudi Arabia, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi;
(ii)
information on the measures the Government of Saudi Arabia is taking to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen by increasing access for Yemenis to food, fuel, medicine, and medical evacuation, including through the appropriate use of Yemen’s Red Sea ports, including the port of Hudaydah, the airport in Sana’a, and external border crossings with Saudi Arabia;
(iii)
information on actions the Government of Saudi Arabia is taking to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure resulting from military operations of that Government in Yemen, including by—
(I)
complying with applicable agreements and laws regulating defense articles purchased or transferred from the United States; and
(II)
taking appropriate steps to avoid disproportionate harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure; and
(iv)
information on each incident for which the Joint Incidents Assessment Team in Yemen has reached a conclusion.