[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 197 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
        Portman, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
        Gardner, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Reed):
  S.J. Res. 69. A joint resolution supporting a Diplomatic Solution in 
Yemen and Condemning the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi; considered and 
passed.

                              S.J. Res. 69

       Whereas the ongoing civil war in Yemen has exacerbated that 
     country's humanitarian crisis, in which nearly 12,000,000 
     people are suffering from ``severe hunger,'' according to the 
     United Nations' World Food Programme;
       Whereas there is no military solution to the conflict;
       Whereas the United States-Saudi Arabia relationship is 
     important to United States national security and economic 
     interests;
       Whereas the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, 
     in recent years, engaged in concerning behavior, including 
     its conduct in the civil war in Yemen, apparent detention of 
     the Prime Minister of Lebanon, undermining the unity of the 
     Gulf Cooperation Council, expulsion of the Canadian 
     ambassador, suppression of dissent within the Kingdom, and 
     the murder of Jamal Khashoggi;
       Whereas misleading statements by the Government of the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the murder of Jamal 
     Khashoggi have undermined trust and confidence in the 
     longstanding friendship between the United States and the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and
       Whereas such erratic actions place unnecessary strain on 
     the United States-Saudi Arabia relationship, which is an 
     essential element of regional stability: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     Senate--
       (1) believes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is 
     responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi;
       (2) acknowledges the United States Government has 
     sanctioned 17 Saudi individuals under the Global Magnitsky 
     Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 
     Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) for their roles in 
     the murder;
       (3) calls for the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
     to ensure appropriate accountability for all those 
     responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's murder;
       (4) calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to release Raif 
     Badawi, Samar Badawi, and the Saudi women's rights activists 
     who were arrested as political prisoners in 2018;
       (5) encourages the Government of Saudi Arabia to redouble 
     its efforts to enact economic and social reforms;
       (6) calls on the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
     to respect the rights of its citizens and moderate its 
     increasingly erratic foreign policy;
       (7) warns that the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi 
     Arabia's increasing purchases of military equipment from, and 
     cooperation with, the Russian Federation and the People's 
     Republic of China, challenges the strength and integrity of 
     the long-standing military-to-military relationship between 
     the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and may 
     introduce significant national security and economic risks to 
     both parties;
       (8) demands that all parties seek an immediate cease-fire 
     and negotiated political solution to the Yemen conflict and 
     increased humanitarian assistance to the victims of the 
     conflict;
       (9) condemns the Government of Iran's provision of advanced 
     lethal weapons to Houthi rebels, which have perpetuated the 
     conflict and have been used indiscriminately against civilian 
     targets in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the 
     Bab al Mandeb waterway;
       (10) condemns Houthi rebels for egregious human rights 
     abuses, including torture, use of human shields, and 
     interference with, and diversion of, humanitarian aid 
     shipments;
       (11) demands that the Saudi-led coalition and all parties 
     to the Yemen conflict seek to minimize civilian casualties at 
     all times;
       (12) supports the peace negotiations currently being 
     managed by United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and 
     encourages the United States Government to provide all 
     possible support to these diplomatic efforts;
       (13) declares that there is no statutory authorization for 
     United States involvement in hostilities in the Yemen civil 
     war; and
       (14) supports the end of air-to-air refueling of Saudi-led 
     coalition aircraft operating in Yemen.

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