Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007

A bill to strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes.

10/25/2007--Introduced.
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the government of Saudi Arabia must:
(1) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, encourage, or aid terrorism anywhere in the world;
>(2) end funding for terror organizations outside Saudi Arabia;
(3) block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations; and
(4) cooperate fully with the United States in investigating terror groups and individuals. Directs the President to certify to the appropriate congressional committees when the government of Saudi Arabia:
(1) is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks;
(2) has permanently closed all Saudi-based Wahhabbist organizations that fund Islamic extremism;
(3) has exercised maximum efforts to block all funding from private Saudi citizens, corporations, and entities to foreign Islamic extremist and terrorist movements; and
(4) has stopped financing and disseminating materials and other forms of support that encourage the spread of radical Wahhabi ideology. Directs the President to report annually to the committees until such certification is made.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Gordon Smith
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Foreign Relations

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2243

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 25, 2007

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• Introduced on Oct 25, 2007.
• Oct 25, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13454-13455)
• Oct 25, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.2976

Related Issue Areas:

• Foreign policy
• Congress
• Congress and foreign policy
• Congressional oversight
• 16 more
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Criminal investigation
• Criminal justice
• Extremist movements in politics
• International affairs
• International cooperation
• Islamic fundamentalism
• Middle East and North Africa
• Politics and government
• President and foreign policy
• Presidents
• Religion
• Religious education
• Saudi Arabia
• State-sponsored terrorism
• Terrorism

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November 06, 2007 ZOA Supports Specter/Wyden Bill Pressuring Saudi Arabia To End Its ...

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November 16, 2007 ZOA Supports Specter/Wyden Bill Pressuring Saudi Arabia to End Its ...

New York -- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is strongly supporting Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) in their sponsorship of the ZOA-initiated Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007 (S. 2243), ...

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S. 2243 would strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, it would secure full Saudi cooperation in the ...

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