116 S398 IS: Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act of 2019
U.S. Senate
2019-02-07
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1.Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act of 2019
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Peaceful Resolution of the Civil War in Yemen and Protection of Civilians Sec. 101. Statement of policy. Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. Sec. 103. United States strategy for ending the war in Yemen. Sec. 104. Report on accountability for violations of international law, including war crimes, and other harm to civilians in Yemen. Sec. 105. Suspension of arms transfers to Saudi Arabia. Sec. 106. Prohibition on in-flight refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft operating in Yemen. Sec. 107. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons hindering humanitarian access and threatening the peace or stability of Yemen. Sec. 108. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons supporting the Houthis in Yemen. Sec. 109. GAO review of United States military support to Saudi-led coalition. Sec. 110. Emergency protection for Yemeni cultural property. TITLE II—Saudi Arabia Accountability Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions on persons responsible for the death of Jamal Khashoggi. Sec. 202. Report on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. TITLE III—General Provisions Sec. 301. Rule of construction. Sec. 302. Sunset. <enum>I</enum><header>Peaceful Resolution of the Civil War in Yemen and Protection of Civilians</header> <section id="idd0327cd1fe0049cc9af7faebae2758b7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="id3a302d1ffbab40659604ce43a72c2f3f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to support United Nations-led efforts for a comprehensive political settlement that leads to a territorially unified, stable, and independent Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id29d8f82499f44acbbbfbf3a3669228f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to insist on the urgent need for a political solution, consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015), or any successor United Nations Security Council Resolution demanding an end to violence in Yemen and peaceful resolution of the conflict in that country;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5aa554cf99f64491946c44aef549c9eb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reject all statements, policies, or actions advocating for a military solution to the civil war in Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id202bc1e996a44aef926ca7d65ec3a0d5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to encourage long-standing United States security partners, including the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, to take the lead in confidence-building measures that open space for political dialogue to end the war in Yemen and address the humanitarian crisis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id502a6da702024482b0bd32c5aad0b672"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to support the implementation of the agreements reached between the parties to the conflict at Stockholm, Sweden on December 13, 2018, consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2451 (2018).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id9e4d3aa9a2404422ac9ced1abe8f968a"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id49437e8828fb48089c23b7b60828ffff"><enum>(1)</enum><text>continued direct negotiations between the Government of Saudi Arabia, the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, and representatives of the Houthi movement (also known as <quote>Ansar Allah</quote>) are required—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDA7E52AE780B46A7B4511788F7E6B347"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reach a political solution;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40D7BDCAF5C746D0B33C87369DD7D92D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to implement the agreements reached between the Saudi-led coalition, the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, local Yemeni forces, and Ansar Allah at Stockholm, Sweden on December 13, 2018 (referred to in this title as the <quote>Stockholm Agreement</quote>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81569D927F934B799ADCC206AA467923"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to address the suffering of the Yemeni people; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49E7D497385241A69B372D14357F1425"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to counter efforts by Iran, al Qaeda, and ISIS to exploit instability for their own malign purposes;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id81da2d6b48c84fd39bc718fb34af31b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the United Arab Emirates bear significant responsibility for the economic stabilization and eventual reconstruction of Yemen; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1afc466202745f1af660cb8a280959c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States and the international community must continue to support the work of United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to achieve a political solution to the civil war in Yemen, including by supporting the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2451 (2018).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id9cb5af6352f54ee3b9d55cdb3b89ff57"><enum>103.</enum><header>United States strategy for ending the war in Yemen</header>
<subsection id="ida4c0fc1a1f614baeb11ca82bf4a1e113"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this title, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id243F1BE5B1FC4A06B51BFB243274AC67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC0D24FAF65249128DA02A485A2625BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35F31B4102E441D3B9D78E10BCA40A7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id930A0B3EA35D45CF847B7B4A057B5874"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id31998E3063384E5BAD8DDDFBAC8F77BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until a complete cessation of hostilities in the Yemen civil war, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress of the United States strategy to end the war in Yemen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5e3227c4a6be4d19af0e5d6fd61901df"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The briefing required under subsection (b) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="ide0b5656a665f4d1aa3ea9195d282a906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the United States national security interests threatened by continued civil war and instability in Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd66324ee25b499ea3cb82dc8e472b5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the steps necessary to end the civil war in Yemen and achieve a territorially unified, stable, and independent Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2206c841502f447fa256ce01b61532a1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of efforts to implement the Stockholm Agreement;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id95D6D5D8D38745D3BE5765B4B18513EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of whether the Saudi-led coalition, the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, local Yemeni forces, and Ansar Allah are taking the necessary steps referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd98d380db7564e34af80cf0ac5181835"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of United States activities to encourage all parties to take the necessary steps referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc896ccf3020d4a11a348b51bfcaa4d9b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of the threat posed by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Yemen to United States national security, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA4215714E3FB438A9A5E79482BB9E34F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive list of all sources of support received by these groups; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1865707848154C01BA0DD6D5AEE5D162"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment regarding whether the activities of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State in Yemen have expanded or diminished since the beginning of the war in Yemen;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8fa4194b1c442ad9b33b87f93719192"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an explanation of how the United States has used, and plans to use, its military and diplomatic leverage—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2B7A4A3949E24B8B8F4BD59D9C5D2B9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to end the civil war in Yemen; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBF212911DB594AA7B4DF9153670EC310"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to move the stakeholders in the war toward a political process to end the war;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id210c398aa0894fbc8edcb8ed0895c66a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an assessment of Iran’s activities in Yemen, including—</text> <subparagraph id="id200AEC62B7C240A6B8976793641B32AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive summary of all recipients of illicit Iranian support in Yemen; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84D7B81EA4454F69A3A543ABBC2396DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment regarding whether the scope of Iran’s influence and activities in Yemen have increased or decreased since the beginning of the war in Yemen;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8207db5b02c46fca50fdb01ebcc7d6d"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a description of Russia’s activities in Yemen and an assessment of Russia’s objectives for such activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9be704b3b7504df0b25e25e098d2d22c"><enum>(10)</enum><text>any other matters relevant to ending the civil war in Yemen.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id22e1f8e1c01c46949cc3045be44774f6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Report on accountability for violations of international law, including war crimes, and other harm to civilians in Yemen</header> <subsection id="id6d16af41398c45cfbc998f049ef3e4ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="iddeb2cad966684d8b87435aff81c41605"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all stakeholders in the conflict in Yemen should end all practices involving arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, and other unlawful treatment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5da92f6c87644ad0be01f5e6e05b4c9c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all stakeholders in the conflict in Yemen should reveal the fate or the location of all persons who have been subjected to enforced disappearance by such stakeholders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCBD638F8075A4BFE8118072E27B59ADF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all persons who remain in custody as a result of the conflict in Yemen should be granted immediate access to their families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id40b3001090d04eaba8a01fb412ac4dd9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the locations of all detention facilities run or supervised by members of the Saudi-led coalition should be revealed and brought under the supervision of the Prosecutor General of Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida2c20e9433584dfdad359d1739ca91dd"><enum>(5)</enum><text>independent monitors should be granted access to all places of detention in Yemen; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc1a44ace1d04bd9b73a083ac3f2d358"><enum>(6)</enum><text>all stakeholders to the conflict in Yemen should fully cooperate with the United Nations Panel of Experts on Yemen.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfff068e992b745acb670c66192ed31b3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the causes and consequences of civilian harm occurring in the armed conflict in Yemen, including war crimes, and gross violations of human rights as a result of the actions of all parties to the conflict.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id48d2742a818e41638121ae5e96bc89c2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="id585deed212f84be695236486649e82ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of civilian harm occurring in the context of the armed conflict in Yemen, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb6789172fc74416a9d94687fb76cac4c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mass casualty incidents; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf728dc9ec7741a289da16760ea091fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>damage to, and destruction of, civilian infrastructure and services, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02BB9B7AE85C4130862C39243F3433D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hospitals and other medical facilities;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A89A9B2A75B4529A770C7A32B20014D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>electrical grids;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE794BF4443AA442CA93E811B5577D877"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>water systems;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B10FC5AC7E54FEFA1D3383CCA140BEE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ports and port infrastructure; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35BA34DB4BE0489BA61001377A11C7BE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other critical infrastructure;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB7443FC0C68742AAAC7B6568B9F5D570"><enum>(2)</enum><text>violations of the law of armed conflict committed during the war in Yemen by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3709F5D71C9143FE8A6446DF7AC0C19C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forces involved in the Saudi-led coalition and all forces fighting on its behalf;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33469C4B43004F5994590FF97BE3B687"><enum>(B)</enum><text>members of the Houthi movement and all forces fighting on its behalf;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD0032E4CD2649A980535C708D59C4D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>members of violent extremist organizations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0B7FFDB872D44A3B139A173A93CC151"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other combatants in the conflict;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idACD7539A3BE34794954E61DC2E589E9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>as examples of violations referred to in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="id0BA03DE1342E42D5B410AD0158E321B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alleged war crimes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfab8b6d2743c43c293e0810022589365"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specific instances of failure by the parties to the conflict to exercise distinction, proportionality, and precaution in the use force in accordance with the law of armed conflict;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a02556789d74431b4193eee8d698caf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>arbitrary denials of humanitarian access and the resulting impact on the alleviation of human suffering;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b3e345204944f26ac7005a988511d3a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>detention-related abuses;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcafce43fdf23428e9e6e621b8c73749a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the use of child soldiers, including members of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (previously known as the <quote>Janjaweed militia</quote>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6abd9999fd024487be8d66274a0773b4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other acts that may constitute violations of the law of armed conflict; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id132b054f6e5246f0b295db14648f7f4f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations for establishing accountability mechanisms for the civilian harm, war crimes, other violations of the law of armed conflict, and gross violations of human rights perpetrated by parties to the conflict in Yemen, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6DB1A3C4D3624F01AE519318DD84D82E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the potential for prosecuting individuals perpetrating, organizing, directing, or ordering such violations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE8D00DCE1C54E379009126B813E6AA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing condolence payments for the impacted members of the civilian population.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ed1accec6f545a6bb2119174e2b6b38"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3cf683b8b681422590a9663c938e3369"><enum>105.</enum><header>Suspension of arms transfers to Saudi Arabia</header>
<subsection id="id8244F599B9444BD59A2F3ED59EEE36B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2020, the United States Government—</text>
<paragraph id="idB561D4C9F7EB4E7F92CEB3FB79D94BC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not sell, transfer, or authorize licenses for export to the Government of Saudi Arabia any item designated under Category III, IV, VII, or VIII on the United States Munitions List pursuant to section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id482201EA91644C7183953C82ADC83504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall suspend any licenses or other approvals that were issued before the date of the enactment of this Act for the export to the Government of Saudi Arabia of any item designated under Category IV of the United States Munitions List.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4E0CBD70283D4514B20F84364E60DD99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply to sales, transfers, or export licenses relating to ground-based missile defense systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id81f335f446134a15a458c1e7eaefb76f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the restriction under subsection (a) for items designated under Categories III, VII, and VIII of the United States Munitions List not earlier than 30 days after—</text>
<paragraph id="id6970199a2d3e41d382c0f50b6b0e9c6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, submits a written, unclassified certification to the appropriate congressional committees stating that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id07b8e9cf34574145b02566ca3ddf508d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such waiver is in the national security interests of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d6b0b4446784cd18e78cef68d216cd5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Saudi-led coalition, during the 180-day period immediately preceding the date of such certification, has continuously—</text>
<clause id="idaa122cd38c004a5aae1204094b92829e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>honored a complete cessation of hostilities in the Yemen civil war, including ending all air strikes and all offensive ground operations that are not associated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or ISIS;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9306f57bac2f43aa8e3092ab768ef789"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fully supported, in statements and actions, the work of United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to find a political solution to the conflict in Yemen; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0bee192c9fcb41fda255cd1173c3c097"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>abstained from any actions to restrict, delay, or interfere with the delivery of cargo to or within Yemen unless—</text>
<subclause id="id13BC6664187E4C35B4800B3F31C0BB9E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such action was taken exclusively to carry out inspections based on specific intelligence that a cargo shipment contains weapons prohibited under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE73D06391E1E402ABCFAEF5326103333"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Saudi-led coalition timely submitted any reports required under such Resolution after the conclusion of such action; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd91529645b1344fea28bc9a2c02c798e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Ansar Allah or associated forces, during the 180-day period immediately preceding the date of such certification—</text>
<clause id="idb423da900e12460dadf31b4d3ab68f03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>launched missile or unmanned aerial vehicle strikes into Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates;</text> </clause><clause id="idbdb1bb6a05f24ac089f10ef77458d0d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>conducted ground incursions into the territory of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates;</text>
</clause><clause id="id54d18f28b95c4114bd4252072ee02ad2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>accepted weapons, weapons components, funding, or military training from the Islamic Republic of Iran;</text>
</clause><clause id="id532ec1705d8441638ad1b9c55e17fbd9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>attacked vessels in the Red Sea; or</text> </clause><clause id="iddb6c6a272adb46e08da4a4728b80a099"><enum>(v)</enum><text>prohibited or otherwise restricted, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of humanitarian or commercial shipments to and within Yemen; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida17ac570224d49fabe4bb079811c1cb7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Comptroller General of the United States, not later than 45 days after the submission of the certification under paragraph (1), submits a written, unclassified report to the appropriate congressional committees assessing the responsiveness, completeness, and accuracy of such certification.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id06DAD8E3A62C4C158AD3B8BA35405E02"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Classified briefing</header><text>If the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense determine that Ansar Allah has engaged in any of the actions described in subsection (c)(1)(C), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 10 days after submitting the certification under subsection (c)(1) to provide details to support such determination.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id5E0D4C6305A940A19BD862C4B3389DC1"><enum>106.</enum><header>Prohibition on in-flight refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft operating in Yemen</header>
<subsection id="id39050F7E000E4357BAE29A8328EB6E1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Federal funds may be obligated or expended under section 2342 of title 10, United States Code, or under any other applicable statutory authority, to provide in-flight refueling of Saudi or Saudi-led coalition non-United States aircraft conducting missions as part of the ongoing civil war in Yemen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id021C88AE28854592A8A0A1D8B7809982"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing—</text>
<paragraph id="id0F747BA590644235A11A3BE7107F8C1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the expenses incurred by the United States in providing in-flight refueling services for Saudi or Saudi-led coalition non-United States aircraft conducting missions as part of the civil war in Yemen between March 2015 and November 11, 2018; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFE62CCB641844FCB99F1FC7C1609DB7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the expenses referred to in paragraph (1) have been reimbursed by members of the Saudi-led coalition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id04DBE7FD1A52447B8E3A814314D995B6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="id1F67744A6BB3497DB3BD387A8A8544CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total expenses incurred by the United States in providing in-flight refueling services, including fuel, flight hours, and other applicable expenses, to Saudi or Saudi-led coalition, non-United States aircraft conducting missions as part of the civil war in Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE29635E121EA458590853671F9E7C174"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of the expenses described in paragraph (1) that have been reimbursed by each member of the Saudi-led coalition; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA10B6C31A2CD4B55B052E28ABAE57719"><enum>(3)</enum><text>actions taken by the United States to recoup the unreimbursed expenses described in paragraph (1), including any commitments by members of the Saudi-led coalition to reimburse the United States for such expenses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EF212D766C848D69AABB73B6033B8BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The reporting requirement under subsection (b) shall cease to be effective on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits written certification to the appropriate congressional committees that all of the expenses incurred by the United State in providing in-flight refueling services for Saudi or Saudi-led coalition non-United States aircraft conducting missions as part of the civil war in Yemen have been reimbursed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="iddb17bc084599417fbac4294e6dc77058"><enum>107.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons hindering humanitarian access and threatening the
peace or stability of Yemen</header>
<subsection id="id1cf74d44800f40e8837199c80b44c73a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should continue to implement Executive Order 13611 (77 Fed. Reg. 29533), relating to blocking property of persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Yemen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf8206d87381641eaad3ca0fa6bb9923b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions authorized</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each person that the President determines—</text>
<paragraph id="id2b619d26eb7148589f4a04f1f77d6e19"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4B0BFEC5A94E42C6A90CE50827945112"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is knowingly blocking access to Yemeni ports, ports of entry, or other facilities used by the United Nations, its specialized agencies and implementing partners, national and international nongovernmental organizations, or any other actors engaged in humanitarian relief activities in Yemen; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3615DAF6D1F459D9456BA6C342AEB3D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is otherwise hindering the efforts of such organizations to deliver humanitarian relief, including through diversion of goods and materials intended to provide relief to civilians in Yemen;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id25d15a276eaa4853a80eaa1e757ec9a1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4726172A257349D6A3A96B7AE06A67DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is knowingly threatening the humanitarian actors referred to in paragraph (1)(A); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3906C422C6E04534A23431A19A81B670" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is engaging in acts of violence against such actors in Yemen or across conflict lines and borders;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e74adfdd5fd41179115de966f965589"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is responsible for actions or policies that are intended to undermine—</text> <subparagraph id="id578693B8B16A40A68BCB2174A38EC2FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United Nations-led political process to end the conflict in Yemen; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95989b57c7574823b76467c64d240172"><enum>(B)</enum><text>efforts to promote stabilization and reconstruction in Yemen;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b4c6037103c4d0f82a9cd2927a6db6a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida80662318134438fb0e61968f130f756"><enum>(5)</enum><text>owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, a person referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id48c75035819e48ba8d1154331d859104"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is acting for or, on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idca8762f930514816860e3e154137e0f8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>has knowingly provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, a person referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8e6915eb09ee40a1a0128efe339618b4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header>
<paragraph id="id8bdd2e5fe7ca4f8996f28bbd4095eab6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="id4d25fa316a964685bc1de526bc9334ec"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>In accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.), the President shall block all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests in property—</text>
<clause id="idC500795B33DF4AE48913E9578E72453F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are in the United States;</text> </clause><clause id="idA4F547EBA1DA4AD599A7753938B92635"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are transported into the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id3477185F5EC441D382AC23C724125694"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are in, or come into, the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida741b06d9fbc49d9959735e2a2dd5cd3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole</header> <clause id="id9a7cd7a4dd74439cbb7a25a9e4c39022"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exclusion from the united states</header><text>The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien subject to subsection (b).</text>
</clause><clause id="id7b1bdb060e5749d29f8b582c56809c26"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header>
<subclause id="id9e27e049ed7b40349412113dfd9faa63"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of any such officer or Secretary) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien subject to subsection (b), regardless of when such visa was issued.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id043a0b964a464a648f233593e7c847f1"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect of revocation</header><text>A revocation under subclause (I) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f5938c4de1d4d26b1792de01b8dbb08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inapplicability of national emergency requirement</header><text>The requirements under section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of the imposition of sanctions under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idde806c25c3174ead9d7b28c586ee5455"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation described in subsection (b), or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such paragraph, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3ea406a5df664f048a89f1f13dc33a99"><enum>108.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons supporting the Houthis in Yemen</header>
<subsection id="id11091bb0e885481ebc309737fd285994"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall determine if the Houthi movement (also known as <quote>Ansar Allah</quote>) has engaged meaningfully in United Nations-led efforts for a comprehensive political settlement that leads to a territorially unified, stable, and independent Yemen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id27A1F07C966845DF99B2DC315600E429"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text>If the President is unable to make the determination described in subsection (a), the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) on any person that the President determines—</text>
<paragraph id="id434cef64c8b04c16ba4960c12730665d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has knowingly assisted, sponsored, provided, or attempted to provide significant financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the Houthis movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for, or on behalf of, the Houthi movement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbeaaeed7060848a695c3eb08a34efab2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has knowingly engaged in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or direct or indirect transfer to or from the Houthi movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for or on behalf of the Houthi movement, of any firearms or ammunition, battle tanks, armored vehicles, artillery or mortar systems, aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, or explosive mines of any type (as such terms are defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms), ground-to-air missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, or related materiel, including spare parts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id052686160a1c4a38823880008f23c52e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has knowingly provided any technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in paragraph (2) to the Houthi movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for or on behalf of the Houthi movement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd901ad0373b549f48538448ecec2922e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a successor entity to a person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id99e03868c122478fb5f0939e0142e12a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is an entity that owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, a person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbd300371fbfd4625bb655153a7415b22"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is an entity that is acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3D3AABA75ADE453C82690329D5999E5A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header>
<paragraph id="id0407C0751BE34C08BE49CDAAE14034DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="id29C9A8025EF64A889F88CB7E8AC4AB90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>In accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.), the President shall block all transactions in property, or interests in property, of a person subject to subsection (b) if such property or interests in property—</text>
<clause id="idEF73183280DF48EEA493122C4A3DA153"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are in the United States;</text> </clause><clause id="id363BEFE21469476D9E4DDF9E9F52BB1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are transported into the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id64744171FC7441EFB1645B38A7EBE1B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are in, or come into, the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8E0F9311A8B4B009AA4D535C243CEB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole</header> <clause id="id8DC697B657C94E769C8E8174249512A6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exclusion from the united states</header><text>The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien subject to subsection (b).</text>
</clause><clause id="idF8F8D3F8A5B44FB4BE2BA2FF88C43BD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header>
<subclause id="idB524E3A3E90949C19106F1558D6BAA3B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of any such officer or Secretary) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien subject to subsection (b), regardless of when such visa was issued.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3A11DD85BBB04AC0B0D8E089501849BA"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect of revocation</header><text>A revocation under subclause (I) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7c2063296794fad91df661d03aa9731"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Denial of certain transactions</header><text>Any letter of offer and acceptance, or license to export, any defense article or defense service controlled for export under the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751</external-xref> et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4601">50 U.S.C. 4601</external-xref> et seq.), as continued in force by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.), requested by a person described in subsection (b) shall be denied until the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that any action by such person described in subsection (b) has ceased.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id313F3643FE2E40A08B7A6B1786EEE3C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inapplicability of national emergency requirement</header><text>The requirements under section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply for purposes of the imposition of sanctions under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6E74F11E6EE40B58567BEF2AA794594"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such paragraph, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e422bc09ed64e1a88cdf6042cf6266a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The sanctions described in subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to any act incidental or necessary to the provision of urgently needed humanitarian assistance.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0b5cdea7da9b4937b12d3bfbd8878d0a"><enum>109.</enum><header>GAO review of United States military support to Saudi-led coalition</header>
<subsection id="idbbb73a638d004580a94dbf1567e31a58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the United States military support to the Saudi-led coalition that evaluates—</text>
<paragraph id="id9F7A80DD281444BBA603041F30593C9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the manner and extent to which the United States military provides support to the Saudi-led coalition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB4BEF3CEC15543B1A859F0D696042319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the Department of Defense prioritizes aerial refueling capabilities in support of the Saudi-led coalition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6539AD2879D94DACB1035F617DAAED31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the manner and extent to which the United States has been reimbursed for aerial refueling support of Saudi-led coalition aircraft;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id30E34A6DDE8347BF9F6E32D3DCA42205"><enum>(4)</enum><text>whether and how the Department of Defense determines the extent to which its advice and assistance has reduced civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, including evaluating a differentiation between dynamic and deliberate targeting by the Saudi-led coalition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE4363ACA352E459FAD699E04FE0674D7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>whether and how the Department of Defense determines the efficacy of defensive advice and assistance to the Saudi-led coalition, including with respect to ballistic missiles and other threats to the sovereignty of regional partners; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9C85D6EAC5CA477EA568C174B43F3036"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the responsiveness, completeness, and accuracy of any certifications submitted pursuant to section 1290 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/232">Public Law 115–232</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf718b91a8c40422e91e9c06a449d64b2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide the preliminary results of the review conducted under subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11C3CEC9E1AF48F5A9772BBA5963A6A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>During the briefing required under subsection (b), the Comptroller General shall notify the appropriate congressional committees when a final report summarizing the results of the review conducted under subsection (a) will be submitted to such committees.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3726377d82ae499ea1b16d8614596a26"><enum>110.</enum><header>Emergency protection for Yemeni cultural property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/151">Public Law 114–151</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 369) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9cd630b931fb4e0481e5bc59d21ec4c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and Yemeni</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Syrian</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idb597863f154349e19f72429af66c0dc2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or Yemen</quote> after <quote>Syria</quote> each place such term appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idda2b4fbd10e6472997a861e61bdd3b49"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="idBFB6F82C1F48446BA86100CA675A686B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>or the Government of Yemen</quote> after <quote>Government of Syria</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida3f8c049663548389d661e68cee2e78b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause id="id4EBADF3F56A74F3FA390CAB4DFE3D9DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or Yemen</quote> after <quote>Syria</quote> each of the first 2 places such term appears; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3B58E87AA9734EBCA38DCD0256E4A1EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>or the United States and Yemen, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>United States and Syria</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7c515b15aaa4f78b2fbba670eee7f8a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>or Yemen</quote> after <quote>Syria</quote> each place such term appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70335e7487ff41108e5db6fc64d1bf4b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB04508890354E6CBE7086719B314179" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id37EF42AA0B6D4417B6FF27A81F338424"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Archaeological or ethnological material of Syria or Yemen</header><text>The term <term>archaeological or ethnological material of Syria or Yemen</term> means cultural property (as defined in section 302 of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2601">19 U.S.C. 2601</external-xref>)) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8FBCD31CF6FF466099E2E4FA23A02863"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is unlawfully removed from Syria on or after March 15, 2011; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5904E5BF465047609C99078736E5D0FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is unlawfully removed from Yemen on or after March 15, 2015.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Saudi Arabia Accountability</header>
<section id="ida13f7031e6504946ac15e6b4b973c4b6"><enum>201.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions on persons responsible for the death of Jamal Khashoggi</header>
<subsection id="id632921877c0b4d2bbeb8d1cca250ebc6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD4393B9D4803497686189B1C57555127"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFA417ACEBE6F42D1B2C0D2066739148C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) through (j) as subsections (c) through (k), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id512DBD6EA97741C2A0BE69C245D1F24D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D3217B3380456AA0D5008274DE9AF0" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id65df50b0ab06424f9a048a5cf66502df"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jamal Khashoggi</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act of 2019</short-title>, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any foreign person, including any official of the government of Saudi Arabia or member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia that the President determines, based on credible evidence—</text>
<paragraph id="id97aea77fafd9424188c508a77f5d8fe2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing an act or acts contributing to or causing the death of Jamal Khashoggi; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf778fc98f7a6485fa6617ccb78841fc6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of an activity described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB3ED0B8484D441288D548F23736843AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), as redesignated, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or (b)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9F963201567B4CC1AA61F831AEE100BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f), as redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1a926e0298a24f8dbb546e6c12e21ad4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (j), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>or (b)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF3A0F386CFA941A8BB849D4D1AAFE104"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (k), as redesignated, by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44F4F50A52804BD6A699ABC78AF4DAC2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF221728DC6214664958CC0F5234EFCB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00"></committee-name><committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7BF24D1ADEFD49CEBF7FA5AB86F093AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id734A66436184407897267910AB272429"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idB1AE8000689D4C0EA47C10EEBF5914DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB0629A5C77C64202B169189BAA7DE0DE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15738c80cc774bee88df91bf59c415c8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefings</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 45 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 1263(k) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, as amended by subsection (a)(7)) regarding the implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a)(3).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ida38d45ffa9e44ff7a35533f294332291"><enum>202.</enum><header>Report on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in accordance with section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2304">22 U.S.C. 2304(c)</external-xref>), shall submit an unclassified, written report to Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="id9BA5100ABF01442DAD0E20E0FA12E437"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes the information required under such section 502B(c);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7D1B1994A9734192B70DBB1E35065AA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the extent to which officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including members of the military or security services, are responsible for or complicit in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including violations of the human rights of journalists, bloggers, and those who support women’s rights or religious freedom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7039e1b5abaa4e358ab586f4a752c0e5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes the extent to which the Government of Saudi Arabia—</text> <subparagraph id="id9d5fbb7e9f5249dc8dae517e435dbbc4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has knowingly blocked access to Yemeni ports, ports of entry, or other facilities used by the United Nations, its specialized agencies and implementing partners, national and international nongovernmental organizations, or any other actors engaged in humanitarian relief activities in Yemen;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide37c187e076e4097903e362c0417cd8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has hindered the efforts of the organizations referred to in subparagraph (A) to deliver humanitarian relief, including through diversion of goods and materials intended to provide relief to civilians in Yemen;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9b2753d8a6e464b842eaf3061986bab"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has prohibited or directly or indirectly restricted the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance to Yemen; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd4dd2547acd644aa971cd5c47391d44a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>complied with the Secretary of State’s statement on October 30, 2018, related to <quote>ending the conflict in Yemen</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f53b49f86894c9eb002b8567b30c747"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifies the percentage by which civilian casualties and deaths, respectively, increased as a result of Saudi coalition air strikes in Yemen between November 2017 and August 2018.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="id3af050513c0343ce9058acea088a382c"><enum>301.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit the authority of the President pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb01945f8531e4d439e56176711bae7ce" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act shall cease to be effective on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
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