3.0.0 2243 2023-01-11T20:19:40Z 2023-01-11T20:19:40Z Senate S S 2007-10-25 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-25T22:40:14Z Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 110 2976 HR 2007-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2007-10-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13455-13456) IntroReferral 2007-10-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13454-13455) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-10-25 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-10-30 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2007-12-04 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-12-13 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2008-03-05 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-07-15 False International Affairs Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Extremist movements in politics Government Operations and Politics International cooperation Islamic fundamentalism Middle East and North Africa President and foreign policy Religion Religious education Saudi Arabia State-sponsored terrorism Terrorism International Affairs 00 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-30T16:12:02Z Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the government of Saudi Arabia must: (1) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, encourage, or aid terrorism anywhere in the world; (2) end funding for terror organizations outside Saudi Arabia; (3) block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations; and (4) cooperate fully with the United States in investigating terror groups and individuals.

Directs the President to certify to the appropriate congressional committees when the government of Saudi Arabia: (1) is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks; (2) has permanently closed all Saudi-based Wahhabbist organizations that fund Islamic extremism; (3) has exercised maximum efforts to block all funding from private Saudi citizens, corporations, and entities to foreign Islamic extremist and terrorist movements; and (4) has stopped financing and disseminating materials and other forms of support that encourage the spread of radical Wahhabi ideology.

Directs the President to report annually to the committees until such certification is made.

]]> Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2243is/xml/BILLS-110s2243is.xml 2007-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13455-13456) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.