1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A free and independent press is necessary for citizens to make informed choices on issues of public concern, to have the information necessary to recognize truth from falsehood, and to hold the powerful and government officials to account. (2) As reflected in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a free press is essential to safeguard democracy. (3) The suppression of the press is historically associated with authoritarian rule. (4) As provided in Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all people enjoy the right to freedom of opinion and expression, which includes the right to seek, receive, and impart information. (5) An informed public is fundamental to a free society. (6) In accordance with a long United States history of championing freedom of the press around the globe, the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 was enacted into law ( Public Law 111–166 ). (7) Since the passage of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009, the global environment for a free and independent press has become more repressive. (8) According to 2019 data from the Committee to Protect Journalists, for the fourth consecutive year, at least 248 journalists were imprisoned globally in 2019, and in 96 percent of the 337 cases in which journalists were murdered for their work worldwide in the preceding decade, either no perpetrator was successfully prosecuted or only some of the suspected perpetrators were convicted. (9) According to 2019 data from Freedom House, in seven of the last 10 years, more countries have seen declines in press freedom scores than improvements. In the last five years, nearly 50 percent more countries have seen a net decline in press freedom. (10) According to 2019 data from Reporters Without Borders, 63 percent of the journalists killed last