3.0.0 226 2023-01-11T13:46:40Z 2023-01-11T13:46:40Z Senate S 2021-02-04 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-04T17:53:26Z Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021 117 839 HR 2021-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2021-02-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-02-04 True International Affairs Assault and harassment offenses Books and print media Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign aid and international relief Foreign property Government information and archives Human rights Immigration status and procedures Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media News media and reporting Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sanctions Violent crime Visas and passports War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-14T22:47:42Z Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021

This bill establishes measures to protect the human rights of journalists.

Specifically, the bill (1) expands the scope of required reports related to violations of the human rights of journalists, (2) requires the President to impose certain property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons responsible for gross violations of the human rights of journalists, and (3) prohibits certain foreign assistance to a governmental entity of a country if an official acting under authority of the entity has committed a gross violation of human rights against a journalist.

]]> Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021 Display Title Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect journalists and other members of the press from gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s226is/xml/BILLS-117s226is.xml 2021-02-04 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.