3.0.0 613 2023-01-11T13:41:39Z 2023-01-11T13:41:39Z Senate SRES 2018-08-22 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-22T20:56:37Z 2018-08-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5834) IntroReferral 2018-08-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-08-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2018-08-22 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-08-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-08-22 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-08-22 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-08-22 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-08-27 False International Affairs Canada Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human rights Middle East News media and reporting Protest and dissent Religion Saudi Arabia Women's rights International Affairs 00 2018-08-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-17T20:46:25Z Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should support Canada by calling upon Saudi Arabia to release Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Sada, Raif Badawi, Waleed Abu al-Khair, and other detained human rights activists, journalists, and religious minorities; and (2) the arrest of women's rights activists is contrary to Saudi Arabia's stated goals.

Requests that the Department of State submits to Congress a statement regarding human rights and fundamental freedom in Saudi Arabia.

]]> A resolution requesting a report on the observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedom in Saudi Arabia. Display Title A resolution requesting a report on the observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedom in Saudi Arabia. Official Title as Introduced A resolution requesting a report on the observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedom in Saudi Arabia. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sres613is/xml/BILLS-115sres613is.xml 2018-08-22 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5834) 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.