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Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021

Introduced: February 4, 2021 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Apr 23, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Feb 4, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 4, 2021

Introduced in House

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Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021

This bill establishes measures to protect the human rights of journalists.

Specifically, the bill (1) expands the scope of required reports related to violations of the human rights of journalists, (2) requires the President to impose certain property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons responsible for gross violations of the human rights of journalists, and (3) prohibits certain foreign assistance to a governmental entity of a country if an official acting under authority of the entity has committed a gross violation of human rights against a journalist.

What's happening now April 23, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 14

Case, Ed

Hawaii · Feb 23, 2021

Bustos, Cheri

· Feb 4, 2021

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Feb 4, 2021

California · Feb 4, 2021

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2021

Moulton, Seth

Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2021

Neguse, Joe

Colorado · Feb 4, 2021

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Feb 4, 2021

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Feb 4, 2021

Sires, Albio

· Feb 4, 2021

Takano, Mark

California · Feb 4, 2021

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 839: Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-839/

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"H.R. 839: Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-839/.

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H.R. 839, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-839/.

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