3.0.0 2917 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z Senate S S 2008-04-24 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-24T21:38:10Z Syria Accountability and Liberation Act 110 2332 HR 2007-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2008-04-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2008-04-29 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2008-06-02 False International Affairs Advanced weapons Affiliated corporations Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade American investments Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control verification Arms sales Ballistic missiles Bank loans Biological warfare Boundaries Chemical warfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Conferences Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Conventional weapons Crime and Law Enforcement Debt agreements Debt relief Democracy Development credit institutions Diplomacy Diplomats Dissenters Economic assistance Embargo Emergency Management Energy Export controls Export finance Exports Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign investments Foreign loans Foreign service Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Government property Governmental investigations Human rights Import restrictions Imports International agencies International broadcasting International control of nuclear power International cooperation International relief Iran Iraq Iraq compilation Joint ventures Law Lebanon Licenses Middle East and North Africa Military agreements Military and naval supplies Military assistance Military technology Nongovernmental organizations Nuclear facilities Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons Ordnance Petroleum Petroleum industry Political prisoners President and foreign policy Public Lands and Natural Resources Radio broadcasting Raw materials Rockets (Ordnance) Sanctions (International law) Science, Technology, Communications Sovereignty State-sponsored terrorism Subsidiary corporations Syria Technical assistance Technology transfer Television broadcasting Terrorism Trade agreements Treaties United Nations Weapons of mass destruction International Affairs 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-16T18:21:02Z Syria Accountability and Liberation Act - States that U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to Syria shall remain in effect until the President certifies that Syria has ceased support for terrorism, has dismantled biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons programs and has committed to combat their proliferation, respects the boundaries and sovereignty of all neighboring countries, and upholds human rights and civil liberties.

Imposes specified trade, assistance, and military sanctions, as appropriate, on persons or countries that transfer goods or technology so as to contribute to Syria's biological, chemical, nuclear, or advanced conventional weapons programs.

Imposes specified sanctions aimed at Syria's energy sector.

Sets forth diplomatic measures intended to isolate the government of Syria.

Directs the President to provide assistance to support a democratic transition in Syria. Authorizes appropriations.

]]> Syria Accountability and Liberation Act Short Titles as Introduced Syria Accountability and Liberation Act Display Title Syria Accountability and Liberation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2917is/xml/BILLS-110s2917is.xml 2008-04-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.