S 231
116th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Assault and harassment offenses
California
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Middle East
Oregon
Saudi Arabia
Violent crime
Visas and passports
ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Examining Saudi Consular Activities Promoting Extraction Act or the ESCAPE of Saudi Nationals Act
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on instances where Saudi Arabian diplomats or affiliated individuals may have helped Saudi nationals leave the United States to escape criminal prosecution.
The bill also prohibits a foreign country's diplomatic mission from owning real property in the United States if the State Department determines that such mission helped one of its nationals leave the United States to evade prosecution for a crime.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1