In 2019 the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in the United States reported that President Donald Trump planned to provide nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in violation of the Atomic Energy Act . The reactors would be built by the company IP3 International , while negotiations were conducted by Jared Kushner and Energy Secretary Rick Perry . The report caused widespread condemnation from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in both houses of Congress due in part to the recent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the conduct of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen . In the Senate Ed Markey and Marco Rubio introduced a bill , the Saudi Nuclear Proliferation Act , to block the deal . Concerns were also directed about whether the deal would entail access to uranium enrichment technology . In response U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette claimed that Saudi Arabia would sign a Section 123 agreement restricting how Saudi Arabia could use nuclear technology
assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia and weapons of mass destruction