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HR 9064 117th Congress House Immigration

Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022

Introduced: September 29, 2022 Introduced by: McCollum, Betty Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Sep 30, 2022
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1010)
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced in House
Sep 29, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022

This bill strips away sovereign immunity from a foreign state in certain legal proceedings where the plaintiff is seeking money damages for injuries or death caused by that foreign state's counter-dissident activities. (Generally, foreign states are immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts, including state courts, except in certain situations, such as when the foreign state has waived immunity.)

The bill also makes inadmissible into the United States a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who has engaged in certain serious and extraterritorial counter-dissident activities on behalf of a foreign government, including actions to harass or harm journalists or activists.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Sep 29, 2022
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 29, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9064: Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9064/
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"H.R. 9064: Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9064/.
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H.R. 9064, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9064/.
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