Sec. 3. Restrictions on transfers of defense articles and services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi Arabia
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During the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may not sell, authorize a license for the export of, or otherwise transfer any defense articles or defense services, design and construction services, or major defense equipment under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to an intelligence, internal security, or law enforcement agency or instrumentality of the Government of Saudi Arabia, or to any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of such agency or instrumentality.
During the 120-day period beginning after the end of the 120-day period described in subsection (a), and each 120-day period thereafter, the President may not sell, authorize a license for the export of, or otherwise transfer any defense articles or services, design and construction services, or major defense equipment under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), regardless of the amount of such articles, services, or equipment, to an intelligence, internal security, or law enforcement agency or instrumentality of the Government of Saudi Arabia, or to any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of such agency or instrumentality, unless the President has submitted to the chairman and ranking member of the appropriate congressional committees a certification described in paragraph (2).
A certification described in this paragraph is a certification that contains a determination of the President that, during the 120-day period preceding the date of submission of the certification, the Government of Saudi Arabia has not conducted any of the following activities: Forced repatriation, silencing, or killing of dissidents in other countries. The unjust imprisonment in Saudi Arabia of United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or the prohibition on these individuals and their family members from exiting Saudi Arabia.
Torture of detainees in the custody of the Government of Saudi Arabia. The President may waive the restrictions in this section if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report not later than 15 days before the granting of such waiver that contains— a determination of the President that such a waiver is in the vital national security interests of the United States; and a detailed justification for the use of such waiver and the reasons why the restrictions in this section cannot be met.
The report required by this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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Sec. 3
Restrictions on transfers of defense articles and services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi Arabia
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