Sec. 1276. REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

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## SEC. 1276 REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD ###

(a)In General Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report in writing that— ####

(1)describes the extent to which officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including members of the military or security services, are responsible for or complicit in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including violations of the human rights of journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and those who support women’s rights or religious freedom; ####

(2)describes violations of human rights in Saudi Arabia by officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia, including against journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and civil society activists; ####

(3)describes United States actions to address Saudi violations of human rights, including against journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and civil society activists, including demands for clemency review of these cases; ####

(4)describes any intolerant content in educational materials published by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education that are used in schools both inside Saudi Arabia and at schools throughout the world; and ####

(5)describes United States actions to encourage Saudi Arabia to retrieve and destroy materials with intolerant material and revise teacher manuals and retrain teachers to reflect changes in educational materials and promote tolerance. ###

(b)Form The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In the section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.