[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6626 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6626
To take certain actions with respect to Saudi Arabia in response to the
shootings that occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on
December 6, 2019.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 6, 2023
Mr. Gaetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on
Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, 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
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A BILL
To take certain actions with respect to Saudi Arabia in response to the
shootings that occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on
December 6, 2019.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Saudi Arabia December 6, 2019, Anti-
Terror and Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Trust between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the
United States has been eroded by the devastating humanitarian
costs of the war in Yemen, the kidnappings and shakedowns of
royals and other businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, the
murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the torture of women
activists seeking equal rights.
(2) Fifteen of the September 11, 2001, attackers were Saudi
citizens, nationals, or of Saudi descent and some of these
individuals had direct assistance from the Saudi Government for
training, logistical support, and radicalization.
(3) Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old second lieutenant in
the Royal Saudi Air Force who was radicalized by al-Qa`ida in
the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Osama bin Laden's teachings of
Wahhabiism, fatally shot Cameron Walters, 21, Mohammed Sameh
Haitham, 19, Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, and wounded eight others,
including two sheriff's deputies, at Naval Air Station
Pensacola in Florida on December 6, 2019, in an act of
unprovoked and cowardly terror.
(4) Al-Shamrani was a Trojan Horse sent by his country,
Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi authorities were negligent in
properly screening Al-Shamrani.
(5) The Saudi Government had an obligation to report Al-
Shamrani's anti-American social media posts prior to his
enrollment in a joint military training program at Naval Air
Station Pensacola.
(6) The Saudi Government was derelict in monitoring and
reporting Al-Shamrani's radicalization, and on failed in their
promise to compensate the victims of Al-Shamrani's terrorist
attack.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA.
(a) In General.--None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense or any other Federal agency may be used to--
(1) support the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen or any other
Saudi-led proxy wars; or
(2) carry out any military officer exchange programs with
Saudi Arabia.
(b) Export Controls.--Notwithstanding the Export Control Reform Act
of 2018, the President shall prohibit the export of munitions
containers, weapon support, support equipment, spare and repair parts,
technical and logistical support services, and related elements of
logistical and program support to Saudi Arabia.
SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS.
Section 404(c) of the Justice for United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the
end and inserting;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end, the following:
``(D) $10,000,000 for a victim as defined under 40
CFR Sec. 170.305 (or an immediate family member of a
victim if the victim is deceased, whether or not as
direct result of the shooting) of the shooting by
Mohammed Alshamrani at Naval Air Station Pensacola in
Florida on December 6, 2019.''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by adding at the end the
following:
``(iii) Not later than one year after the
date of enactment of the Saudi Arabia December
6, 2019, Anti-Terror and Accountability Act,
for a claim described in paragraph (2)(D).''.
SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS.
Section 404(e)(5) of the Justice for United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(e)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Fund'' and inserting ``Fund--'';
(2) by striking ``out of any'' and inserting ``(A) out of
any''; and
(3) by adding at the end, the following new subparagraph:
``(B) $1,000,000,000 to be derived from unobligated
balances of amounts appropriated for security
assistance for Ukraine in fiscal year 2024 and to
remain available until expended to carry out subsection
(c)(2)(D) and for other purposes of the fund. Any
unused funds are made available to all victim eligible
for damages under 34 U.S.C. 20144.''.
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