US Congress House Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-7)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-30 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State to report to Congress annually on educational materials published by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education, which are used both inside and outside Saudi Arabia. The report shall detail whether such educational materials include content that could be seen as encouraging violence and intolerance toward religious groups, including Muslims who hold dissenting views. The report shall also discuss related subjects, including the extent such materials are exported and efforts by the Saudi government to remove the intolerant content. The State Department shall issue such reports for 10 years, unless the State Department determines that the intolerant content has been completely removed. If such content is still included in Saudi Arabia's educational materials after 10 years, the State Department shall continue reporting to Congress for another 5 years.

Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act of 2019

Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2019-10-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism.
2019-01-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-01-15	House	Introduced in House

SB357 (Related) 2019-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/554/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr554/BILLS-116hr554ih.pdf