3.0.0 231 2022-11-01T14:47:39Z 2022-11-01T14:47:39Z Senate S 2019-01-25 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-25T21:36:33Z 2019-01-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-01-25 True International Affairs Assault and harassment offenses California Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign property Fraud offenses and financial crimes Middle East Oregon Saudi Arabia Violent crime Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2019-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-08T15:50:05Z Examining Saudi Consular Activities Promoting Extraction Act or the ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act

This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on instances where Saudi Arabian diplomats or affiliated individuals may have helped Saudi nationals leave the United States to escape criminal prosecution.

The bill also prohibits a foreign country's diplomatic mission from owning real property in the United States if the State Department determines that such mission helped one of its nationals leave the United States to evade prosecution for a crime.


]]> ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act Display Title ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act Short Title(s) as Introduced ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Examining Saudi Consular Activities Promoting Extraction Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to express the sense of Congress regarding the likely involvement of the Government of Saudi Arabia in assisting no fewer than two Saudi nationals to avoid criminal prosecution in the United States, and to require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress that describes such involvement, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s231is/xml/BILLS-116s231is.xml 2019-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.