; or (II) is in the national interest of the United States. Such waiver shall be made in writing to Congress and shall include a brief description of the how such waiver relates to a reason described in subclause (I) or (II). (vi) Definition In this subparagraph, the term counter-dissident activities means actions taken by a foreign government or an individual who operates subject to the direction or control of a foreign government or official, to silence, suppress, harass, surveil, threaten, or harm journalists, activists, or other persons perceived to be dissidents by the foreign government, which may include extrajudicial executions, physical attacks, digital stalking, abductions, illegal deportations, or other forms of aggression, threats, or intimidation toward the targeted individual or close associates or family members of that individual. . 4. Khashoggi amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (a) General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state Section 1605(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) in which money damages are sought against a foreign state for the personal injury or death of a United States person (as such term is defined in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10) ), which personal injury or death occurred— (A) outside of the territory of that foreign state on or after October 2, 2017