113 S1714 IS: Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-11-14
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the
Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—Imposition of sanctions with respect to senior officials of the Government of Syria and persons that conduct certain transactions with SyriaSec. 101. Imposition of sanctions with respect to senior officials of the Government of Syria.Sec. 102. Imposition of penalties with respect to United States persons that conduct certain transactions with respect to Syria.Sec. 103. Applicability to contracts and other agreements.TITLE II—Modification of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in SyriaSec. 201. Modification of list of persons responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Syria or their family members.Sec. 202. Modification of imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses.TITLE III—Imposition of sanctions to prevent the development of weapons capabilities of Syria Sec. 301. Declaration of policy.Sec. 302. Multilateral regime.Sec. 303. Imposition of sanctions with respect to development of weapons of mass destruction or other military capabilities by Syria.Sec. 304. Imposition of sanctions with respect to exportation of defense articles to Syria.Sec. 305. Additional mandatory sanctions relating to transfer of nuclear technology.Sec. 306. Imposition of sanctions with respect to provision of training to military or paramilitary forces of the Government of Syria.Sec. 307. Imposition of sanctions with respect to exportation of refined petroleum products to Syria.Sec. 308. Sanctioned persons.Sec. 309. Waiver.Sec. 310. Description of sanctions.Sec. 311. Additional measure relating to government contracts.TITLE IV—Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions with SyriaSec. 401. Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions with Syria.TITLE V—General provisionsSec. 501. Report on military capabilities of Government of Syria.Sec. 502. Reports on identification of Syrian assets.Sec. 503. Termination of sanctions.2.In this Act:(1)Account; correspondent account; payable-through accountThe terms account, correspondent account, and payable-through account have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.(2)The term agricultural commodity has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).(3)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees means—(A)the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate; and(B)the Committee on
Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.(4)The term component part has the meaning given
that term in section 11A(e)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50
U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(1)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).(5)The term financial institution has the
meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions of 1996 (Public Law
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).(6)The term finished product has the meaning
given that term in section 11A(e)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(2)) (as in effect pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).(7)Foreign financial institution; domestic financial institutionThe terms foreign financial institution and domestic financial institution shall have the meanings of those terms as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.(8)The term foreign person means an individual
or entity that is not a United States person.(9)The terms good and
technology have the meanings given those terms in section 16 of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.)).(10)The term Government of Syria—(A)means the
Government of Syria on the date of the enactment of this Act, including any agency or instrumentality of that Government,
any entity controlled by that Government, and the Central Bank of Syria;
and(B)does not include
a successor government of Syria.(11)The term knowingly, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.(12)The term medical device has the meaning given the term device in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).(13)The term medicine has the meaning given the term drug in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).(14)The term money laundering means the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, or through a country, or into, out of, or through a financial institution.(15)The term person means an individual or entity.(16)The term services includes software, hardware, financial, professional consulting, engineering, and specialized energy information services, energy-related technical assistance, and maintenance and repairs.(17)Successor
government of SyriaThe term successor government of
Syria means a successor government to the Government of Syria that is recognized as the legitimate governing
authority of Syria by the Government of the United States.(18)The term United States person means—(A)a United States
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United
States; and(B)an entity
organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the
United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.<enum>I</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to senior officials of the Government of Syria and persons that conduct certain transactions with Syria</header><section id="id23F7C02D787F460ABF6478BD54AD4855"><enum>101.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to senior officials of the Government of Syria</header><subsection id="id3E353EA3C8CB49DD8E47FBFB5C1B5C8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification
of persons</header><paragraph id="id79C784A81F554F63BB8C7A4BAB133588"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and every 60 days thereafter, the President shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons the President
determines—</text><subparagraph id="idEEA754428BB34F6B8DC9C554899BA1F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are senior officials of the Government of Syria;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB185BF5E47CF45898DF31362B71017CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have provided support to or received support from a senior official of that Government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE030BAB6B6584755967861B9459C2AEA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has acted or purported to act, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of a senior official of that Government; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA867C04B012490284DBDAD047FBC034"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a senior official of that Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6FC655FB436748B3BB5D2099029561AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Senior officials</header><text>In making the determination required by paragraph (1)(A), the President shall consider the following individuals to be senior officials of the Government of Syria:</text><subparagraph id="id92376CFDE4714B45B4706F2E9C0190A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>President Bashar al-Assad.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB80A4DE4F5A048C8AF239BA468D302AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Vice President of that Government.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC71040C26794470B329BBCBD72267CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any member of the cabinet of that Government.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88CE4821C9F14CE381FD12820584D1D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The head or heads of the National Progressive Front.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE02A5225F6BC4D5CA072A4CC2370A9FF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any senior leader of—</text><clause id="id74A61B03CDAC49C0AD70B36C6B185C43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Syrian Arab Army;</text></clause><clause id="id4E7375F3A44C4B9280ACCC026CE3AE4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Syrian Arab Navy;</text></clause><clause id="idC7AA896DE2F54ADC868C1D1BE7193449"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Syrian Arab Air Force;</text></clause><clause id="id073A312F8F654CA79CFD2C3A51D1D651"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force; or</text></clause><clause id="id1F6919FE8B3C42F3B53190D20266D125"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other military or paramilitary force that has taken up arms on behalf of that Government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E9244EA76154DFAB32BBB76B795A38F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Support to or from senior officials</header><text>In making the determination required by paragraph (1)(B), the President shall consider the following persons to have provided support to or received support from a senior official of the Government of Syria:</text><subparagraph id="id34DB84D98FEC445A94696147E41ADD56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any person that has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided goods, services, or financial, material, or technological support to or for the benefit of an individual the President has determined under paragraph (1)(A) to be a senior official of that Government.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2537144165A41339E2E4EC88B747069"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any person that has received any funds, goods, or services from an individual the President has determined under paragraph (1)(A) to be a senior official of that Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D8C01B2542549B1AD44BB318EAAD0CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Blocking of
property</header><text>The President shall block and prohibit any transaction
in property and interests in property of any person on the list required by
subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in property are in the United
States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4ED58B5125B44A88BE2E015937F95CD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Humanitarian
exception</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions under this
section with respect to any person for the provision of agricultural
commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Syria or the provision of
humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id61D37BA236DF404E8CA6856A7015E496"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception for support To dismantle chemical weapons program</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions under this section with respect to any person for the provision of support in the process of dismantling the chemical weapons program of Syria.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id68BD3023E12E4F8191DA0731985FC69D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id5132dd54a0fd41f2bdf99eb92a464a27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under
this section for a period of not more than 180 days, and may renew that waiver
for additional periods of not more than 90 days, if the President—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0931ff89d11c4fe29ca7f68d4e0f3c53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that
such a waiver is vital to the national security of the United States;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id31518bf2e6494aa3b28a4239d5ee0d5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a report providing a justification for the
waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fbbd638a6cc4514931d941c099ba77c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE747BF3B9492449186D4EBF4473CF067"><enum>102.</enum><header>Imposition of penalties with respect to United States persons that conduct certain transactions with respect to Syria</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7F4512002134D9E9011C456C66617CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) shall apply, to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act, to a United States person that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18ACAEBF2FEF4976A640D9D979C9989C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of section 101 or regulations prescribed under section 101;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2917066EC4942BA81E79EB4740BD5A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducts investment activities in Syria on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0080996A0B2D44E3B61F74471DAD630D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>exports, reexports, sells, or supplies, directly or indirectly, a service from the United States to the Government of Syria;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90889B888344118A5F3B6FCF056F997"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conducts a transaction with respect to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38F8DD5133414E9287B8EEB2FDA67B71"><enum>(5)</enum><text>approves, finances, facilitates, or guarantees a transaction by a foreign person that would be prohibited under this section if conducted by a United States person.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32A613787D7D48B2BF4DFCEF68B7FE9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment activities defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>investment activities</term> means—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id360EEBB0CFD74CD697A0EA99363DE783"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an investment of more than $100 in the aggregate in the economy of Syria in—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D6EDA20277346148B098D7C0BE5E04C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the financial or banking sector;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E7ACA4867654AF5AEDAB32F356862D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the military or defense sector;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39C217560F6543E799481C1491DCF6BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the law enforcement sector; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BA85D1AE7BD43F7838EDA327D294823"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the energy sector; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30630A74DAEB4EB3859358BE7ACB8C05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a transfer of any amount to Bashar al-Assad or any person acting
or purporting to act, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of Bashar al-Assad.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id7598cbe4c66149c0ba85c35f35ff09b6"><enum>103.</enum><header>Applicability to contracts and other agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The blocking of property under section 101(b) and the penalties under section 102 shall apply to contracts or other agreements entered into on or after December 1, 2013.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Modification of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Syria</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B821431BD3E4AC599D86F7D82F329BD"><enum>201.</enum><header>Modification of list of persons responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Syria or their family members</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA621FDE27A6747F484F4838F9E2BC75A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 702(b)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8791">22 U.S.C. 8791(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F17560266864847AEA306D169539BD7" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B8C9C151C5C4C2BBC42C0AFA65E57EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013</short-title>, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of the following persons:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23FE9C4D02FC4FBA9C5C69717D0FD685"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person that the President determines, based on credible evidence, is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses, including repression, against citizens of Syria or their family members, regardless of whether those abuses occurred in Syria.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AB3113315C24C929C59187D9E90DFEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A senior official or senior officer of a person described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65E5C8AC98EB47A3811BF0635A32CA41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any person that has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided goods, services, or financial, material, or technological support to a person—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB462AB2C93E4EDEAC3E962E5891D75C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>described in subparagraph (A); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A1AD3B62AE64FEAB3F7B5C1E42CD750"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to which sanctions have been imposed pursuant to Executive Order 13338 or Executive Order 13460 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting the export of certain goods to Syria).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3278924A59C14941A4E514D73CF0D66D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any person owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person with respect to which sanctions have been imposed pursuant to Executive Order 13460.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F395D15CE60442894C2642C28EE5F10"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any person acting
or purporting to act, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of a person with respect to which sanctions have been imposed
pursuant to Executive Order 13460.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0489D08BD3AB4474A3A6AB80ACBCAB23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Section 702(b)(2) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8791">22 U.S.C. 8791(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>enactment of the <short-title>Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC180F6F8C44C4CEB8DC4B332490C9A10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><text>The President shall submit any list required to be submitted before the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act by subsection (b) of section 702 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8791">22 U.S.C. 8791</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before such date of enactment, in accordance with the provisions of such section 702.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0185F53994F491ABEA8060FE842100E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Modification of imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id733AEC415999459E89B4B33360B97C25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Persons against which sanctions are imposed</header><text>Section 703(a)(2) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8792">22 U.S.C. 8792(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EDC319F047A48959F77C81EBABDC819"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C3D28FA507A400085BE09ADBF361475"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35368F31C97A42E199154EF3571D2804"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8282200674F64EE9B35F7349F2D1CDE8" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87CB0B0398D34467B363BB87C534BBE2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has acted for or on behalf of a person on the list, if the person that acted for or on behalf of the person on the list knowingly engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45BD277CFF824E549CB449C3C4F7452B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided goods, services, or financial, material, or technological support to a person on the list, if the person that assisted, sponsored, or provided goods, services, or support had actual knowledge or should have known that the person on the list engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A132C9896DA454FA4F66EDB5BF74D71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activity described</header><text>Section 703(b)(2)(A) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8792">22 U.S.C. 8792(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6765A2DF52D4CCC9ADCC762C1C69A69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E071520539745E4BF16F11DA93455ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6BBDCFDE62B4599B93E31A44D414885"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id884D3971CCE24EBA993B9AC61BFCAC55" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDF27175596C448D89C084487F741D34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>operates or directs the operation of goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C)(ii).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DA474FDB57F4D0DB24DE5C3BC77687F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission date</header><text>Section 703(b)(1) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8792">22 U.S.C. 8792(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>enactment of the <short-title>Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA083FB4121414682BF658808BE85FA04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Section 703(b)(4) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8792">22 U.S.C. 8792(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>enactment of the <short-title>Syria Sanctions Enhancement Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB402F88A87EF4BDDB1013D332D1AFB9E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><text>The President shall submit any list required to be submitted before the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act by section 703 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8792">22 U.S.C. 8792</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before such date of enactment, in accordance with the provisions of such section 703.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions to prevent the development of weapons capabilities of Syria </header><section id="id8C52FF473E794A3599C67EF52B888514"><enum>301.</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States to prevent the massacre of the people of Syria by denying the Government of Syria the ability to develop and obtain weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons and to use those and other weapons against the people of Syria.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1D8E5154A7641558862E50619E0BA78"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multilateral regime</header><subsection id="ID45576632CEA74EBA985E5A4703976450"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multilateral negotiations</header><text>In order to further the objective of section 301, Congress urges the President to commence immediately diplomatic efforts, both in appropriate international fora such as the United Nations, and bilaterally with allies of the United States, to establish a multilateral sanctions regime against Syria that will inhibit the efforts of the Government of Syria to develop and obtain conventional weapons and to use those and other weapons against the people of Syria.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID9C18B72F6F93429E9D560FBC5EFE8DE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Periodic reports to congress</header><paragraph id="idF24BDBE2BDD9477CBAE3C12EBC720EF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, the President shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the extent to which diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a) have been successful.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFAD7794E9211458294CCDA0492F55070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="ID1FC68AAF5CB147918FF9013C6310D158"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The countries that have agreed to undertake measures to inhibit the efforts of the Government of Syria described in subsection (a), and a description of those measures.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5FEF5B106D1E484CA5C7793F74E5E0B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The countries that have not agreed to measures described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE68A1C9ABE4E47F8AE32250964D70D62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Other measures the President recommends that the United States take to inhibit the efforts of the Government of Syria described in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7312EA385140451FB1A15FBD59C713BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Investigations</header><paragraph id="IDCAE5505233BC46A6A97039CF1C2D85A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall initiate an investigation into the possible imposition of sanctions under section 303 or 304 against a person upon receipt by the United States of credible information indicating that such person is engaged in an activity described in such section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID77B2E7EDD7E34C26A229F94F89BDAA33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination and notification</header><text>Not later than 180 days after an investigation is initiated in accordance with paragraph (1), and subject to paragraph (3), the President shall—</text><subparagraph id="id34686B1A9B9F43A1AAEC8293971CFAE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine, pursuant to section 303 or 304, if a person has engaged in an activity described in that section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B978A31D97A4328A669E84B59165011"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the appropriate congressional committees of the basis for any such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID40FA11C6D2DB4BE7BB420BBE2A0626D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>The President is not required to initiate an investigation, and may terminate an investigation, under this subsection if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text><subparagraph id="ID5C08C8CB58BD419FAE454F90951597C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person whose activity was the basis for the investigation is no longer engaging in the activity or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB3FF11FF648E4B839CBE781149EF06DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in an activity described in section 303 or 304 in the future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DE3735F3D684BC7AC97C2827E12745A"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of sanctions with respect to development of weapons of mass destruction or other military capabilities by Syria</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0B0B42E6C5D4D0184B9F358AD75A92B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exports, transfers, and transshipments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 310 with respect to a person if the President determines that the person—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24FD7BC085604BA1A6C21FC6792789A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, exported or transferred, or permitted or otherwise facilitated the transshipment of, any goods, services, technology, or other items to any other person; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC51BA12287FB4E0AA976CA3CC9C3A77D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knew or should have known that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBADCC78E2D2C4C0F8B5CCB5E48A0A5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export, transfer, or transshipment of the goods, services, technology, or other items would likely result in another person exporting, transferring, transshipping, or otherwise providing the goods, services, technology, or other items to Syria; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D9FB2FDE7CF49788418EE3026D0108B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export, transfer, transshipment, or other provision of the goods, services, technology, or other items to Syria would contribute materially to the ability of the Government of Syria to—</text><clause commented="no" id="HB26C75B6F4C344F4A9A63FCF9F607168"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or related technologies; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H89C6DFC52FB74AE391C89754B18C0503"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>acquire or develop conventional weapons that are intended to be used, or are actually used, against the people of Syria.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idFB218FAFED7741E69957F4E4DAFF6D8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Government of the United States from transporting weapons and aid to forces opposing the Government of Syria.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id169FC91506CD485294592CC6B8C31F1C"><enum>304.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to exportation of defense articles to Syria</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77CB6C52EE1448BC82010743A01E68D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 310 with respect to a person if the President determines that the person—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC7285A3B4754BB8A0DDE78A6D44204B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sells or provides defense articles to the Government of Syria; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB0CA4A8F87D47698B3C78D49EF8CA9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sells, leases, or provides to the Government of Syria goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA78B4CE3D0C42A3A2E4E4ABD8B7F754"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goods, services, technology, information, or support described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goods, services, technology, information, or support described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, information, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the enhancement of the ability of the Government of Syria to import defense articles, including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27149E7D63914CCBA697E3F97F824058"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided in subsection (c), underwriting or entering into a contract to provide insurance or reinsurance for the sale, lease, or provision of such goods, services, technology, information, or support;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID243176588512433DBB93B1BA21C15E6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>financing or brokering such sale, lease, or provision;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88F3E0DB9DE54FCD8C797967F066F4D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing ships or shipping services to deliver defense articles to Syria;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H641E7237265141AC8D13CD35991B34B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>bartering or contracting by which goods are exchanged for goods, including the insurance or reinsurance of such exchanges; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B8BDC7B54EC49D3BEB1641F508AF92D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>purchasing, subscribing to, or facilitating the issuance of sovereign debt of the Government of Syria, including governmental bonds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3DD0EE1C47BE450984E4B206A2D46B58"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception for underwriters and insurance providers exercising due diligence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may not impose sanctions under this section with respect to a person that provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance if the President determines that the person has exercised due diligence in establishing and enforcing official policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the person does not underwrite or enter into a contract to provide insurance or reinsurance for the sale, lease, or provision of goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F62E7FDF63F4892BF4EFD8633AF54CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Defense article defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>defense article</term> has the meaning given that term in section 47(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794(3)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56B885D7B27B4F17A98643A39A716BC1"><enum>305.</enum><header>Additional mandatory sanctions relating to transfer of nuclear technology</header><subsection id="ID5B71DE27E9E8431F9274B949D1F8F7D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), in any case in which a person is subject to sanctions under section 303 or 304 because of an activity described in that section that relates to the acquisition or development of nuclear weapons or related technology or of missiles or advanced conventional weapons that are designed or modified to deliver a nuclear weapon, no license may be issued for the export, and no approval may be given for the transfer or retransfer, directly or indirectly, to the country the government of which has primary jurisdiction over the person, of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that are or would be subject to an agreement for cooperation between the United States and that government.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDF1AA6EA5C94845F5974FA004848D626A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The sanctions described in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a country the government of which has primary jurisdiction over a person that engages in an activity described in that subsection if the President determines and notifies the appropriate congressional committees that the government of the country—</text><paragraph id="IDC07B2F227FA84494A730F64FB7BD918E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>does not know or have reason to know about the activity; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8F2C5F2731C242EAA8FDA1D136A9B0D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has taken, or is taking, all reasonable steps necessary to prevent a recurrence of the activity and to penalize the person for the activity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8C52D0E9297C47DBA036D08D8B724212"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Individual approval</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may, on a case-by-case basis, approve the issuance of a license for the export, or approve the transfer or retransfer, of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that are or would be subject to an agreement for cooperation, to a person in a country to which subsection (a) applies (other than a person that is subject to the sanctions under section 303 or 304) if the President—</text><paragraph id="ID2C15901A88934E6C9B53FBDD60A3C3C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such approval is vital to the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID72D3F2BD1A2D483AAFB73F375C3FA24B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 15 days before issuing such license or approving such transfer or retransfer, submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives the justification for approving such license, transfer, or retransfer.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0F697CF999824277ADC6547497BEFB69"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The sanctions described in subsection (a) shall apply in addition to all other applicable procedures, requirements, and restrictions contained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) and other related laws.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7D125D9CA71B4B3FA48AAFBD5FB4249E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Agreement for cooperation defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>agreement for cooperation</term> has the meaning given that term in section 11(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2014">42 U.S.C. 2014(b)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67163CFFE1424049AD117C429169EEE2"><enum>306.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to provision of training to military or paramilitary forces of the Government of Syria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 310 with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly engages in an activity that provides training to the military or paramilitary forces of the Government of Syria.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC2F2367C639443D83E2B425B7501D06"><enum>307.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to exportation of refined petroleum products to Syria</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF187C1C81E5048DE8015AAFF4887203B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 310 with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly—</text><paragraph id="ID0F1A80562A1E4B76A2D54BB79BF8DF3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sells or provides to the Government of Syria refined petroleum products—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID17EA38BDA7AA4318841796A3733CCB9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that have a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0BB8E1A665B448D09C701850B0C96B3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID816EE3B3E8674AE4ADC5A3B3BD11941C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sells, leases, or provides to the Government of Syria goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDD076CFCF5FCA47A4A3A25FA4BCA0F341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID73A1BC1457A743868411BAE809CD1F61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A380E7D70614B96B0D4CC2004AFBAFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goods, services, technology, information, or support described</header><text>Goods, services, technology, information, or support described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, information, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the enhancement of the ability of the Government of Syria to import refined petroleum products, including—</text><paragraph id="idF288FAE2B16F4BCFA71C8D89A102DB3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided in subsection (c), underwriting or entering into a contract to provide insurance or reinsurance for the sale, lease, or provision of such goods, services, technology, information, or support;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0E45660A866D41E9A1DAA8E211D3DE3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>financing or brokering such sale, lease, or provision;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD2A13568A02453D9B4DA80FEA47106C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing ships or shipping services to deliver refined petroleum products to Syria;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4C225EEF22F247FD839F864902DA8987"><enum>(4)</enum><text>bartering or contracting by which goods are exchanged for goods, including the insurance or reinsurance of such exchanges; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC8B025A3FF944AA3A7E3E7CD907F0894"><enum>(5)</enum><text>purchasing, subscribing to, or facilitating the issuance of sovereign debt of the Government of Syria, including governmental bonds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AFB9BFEE64645F688B748324440C589"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception for underwriters and insurance providers exercising due diligence</header><text>The President may not impose sanctions under this paragraph with respect to a person that provides underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance if the President determines that the person has exercised due diligence in establishing and enforcing official policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the person does not underwrite or enter into a contract to provide insurance or reinsurance for the sale, lease, or provision of goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76130E0AE16C4FD7806439FC730359C3"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctioned persons</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB106A2F42C5D4029A6E1F55C55770EA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sanctions described in sections 303, 304, 305, 306, and 307 shall be imposed with respect to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6964F95A9445491F9A1963B104BC7F11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any person the President determines has carried out an activity described in any such section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID978B766E35C044CE84B8BFB2944A227E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any person that—</text><subparagraph id="ID19AC23F1467448618A02A83DBAF7615C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor entity to the person referred to in paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0F1220984D284625B42125EDC70127EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls the person referred to in paragraph (1), if the person that owns or controls the person referred to in paragraph (1) had actual knowledge or should have known that the person referred to in paragraph (1) engaged in the activity referred to in that paragraph; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF0A9CF48EB40405A938C541486037475"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person referred to in paragraph (1), if the person owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with (as the case may be), the person referred to in paragraph (1) knowingly engaged in the activity referred to in that paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8F32E7F44A74DE08886B52F25426FFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctioned
person defined</header><text>In this title, the term <term>sanctioned
person</term> means any person described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="ID823BFEA5458A4073AD9BDF1FB26661AB"><enum>309.</enum><header>Waiver</header><subsection id="ID26CF3AF11C3544AEB3AEE93F87BC431B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the President may, on a case by case basis, waive for a period of not more than 180 days the application of section 303, 304, 305, 306, or 307 with respect to a person if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees at least 30 days before the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id949C8ED973474BB28E5286D11BD0B1ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The President may not waive the application of section 303 with respect to a person for the provision of goods, services, technology, or other items to Syria that would contribute materially to the ability of the Government of Syria to acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or related technologies.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06A7EDD26AFA4DD7965ACDAF5E63E8F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subsequent renewal of waiver</header><text>At the conclusion of the period of a waiver under subsection (a), the President may renew the waiver for subsequent periods of not more than 180 days each if the President determines, in accordance with that subsection, that the waiver is appropriate.</text></subsection></section><section id="idDE7F73FC5F90478F8C5A1852774DE562"><enum>310.</enum><header>Description of sanctions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The sanctions to be imposed on a sanctioned person under this title are as follows:</text><paragraph id="ID5d2dd9ca157f428b9b1396cf72e6a1ce"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Export-Import
Bank assistance for exports to sanctioned persons</header><text>The President
may direct the Export-Import Bank of the United States not to approve any
financing (including any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or
participation in the extension of credit) in connection with the export of any
goods or services to any sanctioned person.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f5c0700ccf34bc38493e14fe4916ab5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Export
sanction</header><text>The President may order the United States Government not
to issue any specific license and not to grant any other specific permission or
authority to export any goods or technology to a sanctioned person
under—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID00c6b57869f24f0ca08f648d348260f3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0dcb2c6f317b400cbbd665d2733681eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Arms Export
Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID777d9057a5164603964e030ef3322443"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2aeb76232f074bb09031d0180e3a4aa3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other law
that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as
a condition for the export or reexport of goods or services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a5fd5671b484de7911600f52af18db5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loans from
United States financial institutions</header><text>The United States Government
may prohibit any United States financial institution from making loans or
providing credits to any sanctioned person totaling more than $10,000,000 in
any 12-month period unless that person is engaged in activities to relieve
human suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such
activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb47fe62f062f4c1daccf8571eda03fa5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibitions on
financial institutions</header><subparagraph id="id13A9AF2424B04F68B49C85D59E502464"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The following prohibitions may be imposed against a
sanctioned person that is a financial institution:</text><clause id="IDd743d98f87ad45839a93ef2b9ff64371"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition on
designation as primary dealer</header><text>Neither the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New York may
designate, or permit the continuation of any prior designation of, such
financial institution as a primary dealer in United States Government debt
instruments.</text></clause><clause id="ID9c7eb221c2244a358b99491ffb74b0a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Prohibition on
service as a repository of government funds</header><text>Such financial
institution may not serve as agent of the United States Government or serve as
repository for United States Government funds.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD312566711C4C7192BB15D1B3830622"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>The
imposition of either sanction under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A)
shall be treated as one sanction for purposes of sections 203 and 204, and the imposition of
both such sanctions shall be treated as 2 sanctions for purposes of sections 203 and 204.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb96973980ce8413fb7bfca3f9f73882e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Procurement
sanction</header><text>The United States Government may not procure, or enter
into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from a
sanctioned person.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID59e9757835714abba4f96b7a32447495"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign
exchange</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the
President may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which a sanctioned
person has any interest.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDcf7c9b8dba8c4acd8bbb7cf78007d00c"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Banking
transactions</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as
the President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments
between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution,
to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States and involve any interest of the sanctioned person.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d6f6c460dd44ac4a7fbbfe965d2a211"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Property
transactions</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as
the President may prescribe, prohibit any person from—</text><subparagraph id="ID5d89305ba154457aa4416c2958ed76b2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acquiring,
holding, withholding, using, transferring, withdrawing, transporting,
importing, or exporting any property that is subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States and with respect to which the sanctioned person has any
interest;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID947b7d4c614241ddadd4cc71b8c29265"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dealing in or
exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to such property;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID088b73075f8648429f7828eb88d3084d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting any
transaction involving such property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H944C760DFC20403EAE257C7202FF7EE8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Ban on investment in equity or debt of sanctioned person</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations or guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United States person from investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments of a sanctioned person.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0F542557CD1435DAB3C446055A530EF"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Exclusion of corporate officers</header><text>The President may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, a sanctioned person.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H288ECBE3F1E74DF3A1501D5A989F902D"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Sanctions on principal executive officers</header><text>The President may impose on the principal executive officer or officers of any sanctioned person, or on persons performing similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb141571f31744925a8ca2fcccfd934b5"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Additional
sanctions</header><text>The President may impose sanctions, as appropriate, to
restrict imports with respect to a sanctioned person, in accordance with the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID0da494f6b41746969c96635a30466d7e"><enum>311.</enum><header>Additional
measure relating to government contracts</header><subsection id="ID87269bbe50f44968a449345b1a7a4dcb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification of
Federal acquisition regulation</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1303">section 1303(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, shall be
revised to require a certification from each person that is a prospective
contractor that the person, and any person owned or controlled by the person,
does not engage in any activity for which sanctions may be imposed under
this title.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID5dbb474133c94db1b2bdd2eafa2bcd79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Remedies</header><paragraph id="IDe7ef609848904311b575cebd0f8dfce2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Termination,
debarment, or suspension</header><subparagraph id="idC45497C975FD4A5688D96987B6523065"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the head of an executive agency determines that a
person has submitted a false certification under subsection (a) on or after the
date on which the revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by
this section becomes effective, the head of that executive agency
shall—</text><clause id="id148F7444A92348B487F26697B554B2B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>terminate a
contract with such person; or</text></clause><clause id="id13463C896E6B4FAA8C7828C20B5B0B00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>debar or suspend
such person from eligibility for Federal contracts for a period of not more
than 3 years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC950AB2528A4AA898D8D75610C36147"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>Any
debarment or suspension shall be subject to the procedures that apply to
debarment and suspension under the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1303">section 1303(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID096531820e694e07a26ea10690b1c7e8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion on
list of parties excluded from Federal procurement and nonprocurement
programs</header><text>The Administrator of General Services shall include on
the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement
Programs maintained by the Administrator under part 9 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1303">section 1303(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 41,
United States Code, each person that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for
debarment or suspension by the head of an executive agency pursuant to paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfba8e4cca9ee4daf84200ea6f682b827"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification
regarding certain products</header><text>The remedies set forth in subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to the procurement of eligible products, as
defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C.
2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under section
301(b) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2511">19 U.S.C. 2511(b)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="IDa36f00ca4b0540128e8a1e18d2334681"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>This section shall not be construed to limit the
use of other remedies available to the head of an executive agency or any other
official of the Federal Government on the basis of a determination of a false
certification under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="ID581c626b8fcd4ba2952cd55a9d1eaede"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>The
President may on a case-by-case basis waive the requirement that a person make
a certification under subsection (a) if the President determines and certifies
in writing to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives, that it is in the national interest of the United States to do
so.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDa3b56ba9bb3f47c1bc30e2ad665b446b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Executive
agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>executive
agency</term> has the meaning given that term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/133">section 133</external-xref> of title 41,
United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a4db0d8e73746f297d64faef637a4d9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are issued on or
after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions with Syria</header><section commented="no" id="id9C0FAE0DBC974E858D69CB2C5BAF934D"><enum>401.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions with Syria</header><subsection id="ID3A1B8D957A324CF59A1B98DA13B20185"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibitions and conditions with respect to certain accounts held by foreign financial institutions</header><paragraph id="ID1629640ED44148C483DA5F7C31F50391"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that the Secretary finds knowingly engages in an activity described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3C9630C463B451BA30BC215B28C617A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text>A foreign financial institution engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the foreign financial institution—</text><subparagraph id="IDE544AB8003634AF8857C2B1C6761050D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facilitates the efforts of the Government of Syria, Hezbollah, or others that have knowingly engaged in armed conflict on behalf of the Government of Syria—</text><clause id="ID5AA1B77A69F14914B505DA0E57CC7047"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to acquire or develop weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction; or</text></clause><clause id="ID70C2388353E74081A79B0ED0C28E0E98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide support for organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189(a)</external-xref>) or support for acts of international terrorism (as defined in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/172">Public Law 104–172</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note));</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE860A7DBE7CA4CAC9033B71AC2C08F48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engages in money laundering to carry out an activity described in subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE450F6D962D34E74BE0FAA483E609B55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitates efforts by the Central Bank of Syria or any other Syrian financial institution to carry out an activity described in subparagraph (A); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID026B20DBF5A744A998102B14BF6AC309"><enum>(D)</enum><text>facilitates a significant transaction or transactions or provides significant financial services for a person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) in connection with—</text><clause id="id569CCF6F27B048BB88210D674AF458D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction by the Government of Syria;</text></clause><clause id="id2690EE2136A7417296E1AB684145AD17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the support by that Government for international terrorism; or</text></clause><clause id="id74E70E30DC8E406482340114FB95BD63"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>human rights abuses by that Government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE184ECFCE7E042DF840589FC0CA16502"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID40EA30314AC043259E4DF72FA3A3F032"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties for domestic financial institutions for actions of persons owned or controlled by such financial institutions</header><paragraph commented="no" id="ID2B9CCAA9A9934E01B5D4B6ADA77A6AF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to prohibit any person owned or controlled by a domestic financial institution from knowingly engaging in a transaction or transactions with or benefitting the Government of Syria, Hezbollah, or any of its agents or affiliates whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF9B40A5A8EDB4B6083CAB5CCA536198D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>The penalties provided for in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705(b)</external-xref>) shall apply to a domestic financial institution to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act if—</text><subparagraph id="IDD9D3078DB8104C43A2447BFBBF66DBFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person owned or controlled by the domestic financial institution violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID325E8AF589084801A6E843FEBA3BC2D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the domestic financial institution knew or should have known that the person violated, attempted to violate, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of such regulations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID630F60AB7BE14A3597535A244A6B44EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for financial institutions maintaining accounts for foreign financial institutions</header><paragraph id="id05CC85F2E7F64AE898BCE922B58F2516"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to require a domestic financial institution maintaining a correspondent account or payable-through account in the United States for a foreign financial institution to do following:</text><subparagraph id="ID8742ABDF52154BADBF782ECC17F0F9BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Perform an audit of activities described in subsection (a)(2) that may be carried out by the foreign financial institution.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD865895FAC4A45899EE5DED039916155"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Establish due diligence policies, procedures, and controls, such as the due diligence policies, procedures, and controls described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/5318">section 5318(i)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, reasonably designed to detect whether the foreign financial institution has knowingly engaged in any such activity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3F7CEDBCD03B4F9AB8EED449338C6441"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Any domestic financial institution maintaining a correspondent account or payable-through account in the United States for a foreign financial institution shall report to the Department of the Treasury any time the domestic financial institution suspects that the foreign financial institution is engaging in any activity described in subsection (a)(2), without regard to whether the Department requested such a report.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3791187A9EA4CD6BA35A62871C60E8C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>The penalties provided for in sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/5321">5321(a)</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/5322">5322</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to a person that violates a regulation prescribed under paragraph (1) or the requirements of paragraph (2), in the same manner and to the same extent as such penalties would apply to any person that is otherwise subject to such section 5321(a) or 5322.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID82A7CE2F133B48C9853A33970E07DCAC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the application of a prohibition or condition imposed with respect to a foreign financial institution pursuant to subsection (a) or the imposition of a penalty under subsection (b) with respect to a domestic financial institution on and after the date that is 30 days after the Secretary—</text><paragraph id="ID23F4AB7598C1408282F73AF0A28FCA12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is necessary to the national interest of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE62ED3F27B824287941395511548B3C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the reasons for the determination.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC6A1348B2A3A487A804E071F00F1D6CE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedures for judicial review of classified information</header><paragraph id="ID5E14089561B14A84ACD993509FDC9A5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a finding under subsection (a)(1), a prohibition, condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such finding, or a penalty imposed under subsection (b), is based on classified information (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a court reviews the finding or the imposition of the prohibition, condition, or penalty, the Secretary of the Treasury may submit such information to the court ex parte and in camera.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE981B64D6B71489484651167C8E72D67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to confer or imply any right to judicial review of any finding under subsection (a)(1), any prohibition, condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such finding, or any penalty imposed under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDAC4822D540E241A099CE9A3E280481F5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consultations in implementation of regulations</header><text>In implementing this section and the regulations prescribed under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury—</text><paragraph id="IDE013EEB593054A61B1D8CC4E7CBD57C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall consult with the Secretary of State; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF23A0365B6924B33988A6A057BDF2164"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may, in the sole discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, consult with such other agencies and departments and such other interested parties as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="IDC1B7C15D23D44E5A80543DC119E7AC8F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Agent defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>agent</term> includes an entity established by a person for purposes of conducting transactions on behalf of the person in order to conceal the identity of the person.</text></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>General provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94FF6A43CB134D31B6D6DAFE3D8ED1E7"><enum>501.</enum><header>Report on military capabilities of Government of Syria</header><subsection id="id8FE634402F6C44B2A0486E50A1287339"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, the President shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the military capabilities of the Government of Syria.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0DAE9EF446A7444FB8523120D365302B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="idC4EFA0B6F24448609EC67F1F147DA120"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Information on the provision of weapons to the Government of Syria during the 120-day period preceding the submission of the report, including—</text><subparagraph id="id23B7433E97D74E33B489706A306566C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the type and quantity of weapons being provided to that Government; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF64FDDD58BC4CD6A5915D1F6A6E2E9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the entities providing those weapons to that Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA6C15AAA8234D88B920BB53A269737A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The types of weapons that are most commonly used by that Government against the people of Syria.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA847F0EA82FF4F64A1983D0E4D83EAB9"><enum>502.</enum><header>Reports on identification of Syrian assets</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id127E8D7822D048069B4B2B608323E9BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying assets of the Government of Syria held by financial institutions.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF93DF12B9134323BE8BD4BF094C290A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The reports required by subsection (a) shall contain the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBF37071F07A460E844893AC66CE2D5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name of any financial institution holding assets of the Government of Syria.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC35018D718647C2B3DA7E05BD0281D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The country with primary jurisdiction over each such financial institution.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27435673C413452E857FF8CC37108600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whether the assets described in paragraph (1) have been frozen.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65587EBD66384D9886ECC045C1DAFB90"><enum>503.</enum><header>Termination of sanctions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this Act and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this Act shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—</text><paragraph id="idc3730c2330834bc387bfafa03e460ca6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a certification that the Government of Syria—</text><subparagraph id="id7A4C3EEB865B4B678B3C2B8FB01EFB24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is no longer using weapons of any kind against the people of Syria;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62C1490CF37B4F34BBF7F0D195F6AB58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not providing support for international terrorist groups;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id931411DBFA0B4C37AD47D92E60F2BBBD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not developing or deploying medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1489D4753FF44E9C9CFA92B14BC05561"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is not pursuing or engaging in the research, development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons and has provided credible assurances that it will not pursue or engage in such behavior; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f21841e5e5c45778736e630f85467f7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a certification that—</text><subparagraph id="id3452BA6EAB61466BA99793D33955C72C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a successor government of Syria has been democratically elected and is representative of the people of Syria; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8015787A21F74AA387480D63431EF9E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a legitimate transitional government of Syria is in place.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>