HR 9064 United States House · 117th Congress

Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022

Summary
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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
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President
Introduced Sep 29, 2022 Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
lower
Sep 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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