US Congress House Bill 2037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)
Status: Engrossed on July 16 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-16 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to report to Congress about the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and imposes related sanctions. The report shall present evidence about whether any current or former government official of Saudi Arabia had advanced knowledge of the killing, ordered the killing, or was involved in tampering with related evidence. It shall also list foreign persons that the ODNI has high confidence were responsible for Khashoggi's death, materially assisted in causing the death, or impeded any investigations into the death. The Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security shall bar such foreign persons from entering the United States and revoke visas belonging to such persons. The State Department shall report to Congress about the extent to which Saudi Arabia is responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and about U.S. actions to address such violations. The report shall also describe the publication by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education of intolerant educational materials and U.S. actions to encourage an end to the production and use of such materials.

Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019

Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]

2019-07-15 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 477 (Y: 405 N: 7 NV: 20 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-16	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2019-07-15	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-07-15	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 7 (Roll no. 477). (text: CR H5796-5797)
2019-07-15	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5814)
2019-07-15	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2019-07-15	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2037.
2019-07-15	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5796-5800)
2019-07-15	House	Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-06-26	House	Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
2019-06-26	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-06-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-04-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-04-02	House	Introduced in House

HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB2351 (Related) 2019-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2037/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2037/BILLS-116hr2037ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2037/BILLS-116hr2037eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019477