{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1392","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1392","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To protect Saudi dissidents in the United States, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To protect Saudi dissidents in the United States, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-26","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-04-21","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h130","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act","result":"Passed","yea":350,"nay":71,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll130.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2021-04-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-04-21","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill imposes temporary limits on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and requires various reports and actions related to the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi."},{"k":"p","t":"The President may not transfer or authorize for export certain defense articles or services to Saudi Arabia for 120 days after this bill's enactment. The prohibition shall remain in effect for up to three years unless the President periodically certifies to Congress that Saudi Arabia has not conducted (1) forced repatriation, intimidation, or killing of dissidents in other countries; (2) unjust imprisonment in Saudi Arabia of U.S. citizens or lawful aliens; or (3) torture of detainees in custody of the government of Saudi Arabia."},{"k":"p","t":"The President shall certify to Congress that individuals with Saudi diplomatic credentials are not using such credentials to track or harass Saudi nationals in the United States. If the President does not make such a certification, the President shall close at least one Saudi diplomatic or consular facility in the United States until the certification is made."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires reports to Congress on (1) whether any Saudi officials have engaged in a consistent pattern of harassment against any individual in the United States, and (2) whether the intelligence community fulfilled its duty to warn Khashoggi of the threats to his life."}],"words":220},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Restricts arms transfers to Saudi Arabian intelligence, internal security and law enforcement agencies, and requires Presidential reports and certifications concerning Saudi officials and diplomats in the United States and the intelligence community's duty to warn Jamal Khashoggi.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HC7D882B247E541449F7354374C3AEB9F"},{"label":"Sec. 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intelligence, internal security, or law enforcement agencies or instrumentalities, or persons acting for them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HC7D882B247E541449F7354374C3AEB9F"}},{"text":"Continues the bar in each later 120-day period unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the United States Government has not determined that Saudi Arabia conducted forced repatriation, intimidation or killing of dissidents abroad, unjust imprisonment of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, or torture of detainees.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HC7D882B247E541449F7354374C3AEB9F"}},{"text":"Exempts transfers for the defense of Saudi Arabia's territory from external threats or for the defense of U.S. military or diplomatic personnel or facilities in Saudi Arabia, allows a Presidential waiver on 15 days' advance report, and ends the section 3 years after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HC7D882B247E541449F7354374C3AEB9F"}},{"text":"Requires the President, within 60 days of enactment, to report on whether any Saudi Arabian government official engaged in a consistent pattern of intimidation or harassment directed against Jamal Khashoggi or any individual in the United States, and whether U.S.-origin defense articles were used in those activities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HBB3A8227A32642308B2537BFA261B84E"}},{"text":"Requires the President to report within 120 days on whether Saudi nationals credentialed to Saudi diplomatic or consular facilities used diplomatic credentials, visas, or facilities to monitor, track, surveil, or harass other Saudi nationals in the United States, and to submit a certification every 120 days if the President determines it applies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#H456A0D49A2514548A33861D335784251"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report within 90 days on whether and how the intelligence community fulfilled its duty to warn Jamal Khashoggi of threats to his life and liberty under Intelligence Community Directive 191, and why not if it did not.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HDAFDE52956814364BD0DABF8C53C9DF2"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HE1AB3DBCFE8549E3A157D61816E26984"},"heading":"Determination of Budgetary Effects","effect":"Directs that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 are determined by the latest PAYGO budgetary effects statement printed in the Congressional Record, if submitted before the vote on passage.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1392/text/eh#HC7D882B247E541449F7354374C3AEB9F"},"heading":"Restrictions on transfers of defense articles and services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi Arabia","effect":"Section 3's transfer restrictions do not apply to defense articles, services, or equipment transferred for use in defending Saudi Arabia's territory from external threats or defending U.S. personnel and facilities located in Saudi Arabia.","amount":null,"quote":"the defense of the territory of Saudi Arabia from external threats"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in 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H.R. 1392, 117th Congress: Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021. House: 350 Yea, 71 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 21 Apr 2021."}}