3.0.0 138 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z Senate S 2017-01-12 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-12T21:38:25Z Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018 115 4591 HR 2018-11-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2017-01-12 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-01-12 True International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Aviation and airports Bank accounts, deposits, capital Chemical and biological weapons Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Educational facilities and institutions Evidence and witnesses Foreign aid and international relief Foreign and international banking Foreign property Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Iran Iraq Middle East Military assistance, sales, and agreements Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protest and dissent Reconstruction and stabilization Russia Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Syria Technology transfer and commercialization Terrorism Trade restrictions Visas and passports War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity Water use and supply International Affairs 00 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-06T15:10:32Z Preventing Destabilization of Iraq and Syria Act of 2017

This bill directs the President to impose U.S.-based property blocking and entry sanctions against any foreign person that: (1) is responsible for or complicit in actions that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Iraq or Syria, actions or policies that undermine economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq, or the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq or Syria; (2) has materially assisted or provided financial, material, or technological support for any such activity; or (3) is owned or controlled by, or has acted on behalf of, a foreign person that has carried out any such activity.

The President shall: (1) determine whether any Iranian, Syrian, or Russian person, including specified individuals, has engaged in such activities; and (2) submit a report on Iranian activities in Iraq and Syria.

It is the sense of Congress that: (1) the government of Syria is in violation of numerous U.N. Security Council Resolutions regarding the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria, and (2) the government of the Russian Federation is complicit in the Syrian humanitarian crisis.

The President may furnish assistance: (1) to support humanitarian activities inside and outside of Syria, (2) promote humanitarian access to populations in need, and (3) for a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict.

The President shall impose specified U.S.-based property blocking and entry sanctions against a foreign person that knowingly provides significant financial, material, or technological support: (1) to the government of Syria and the Central Bank of Syria, including Syria's intelligence and security services or its armed forces, including through money laundering or with respect to Syria's gas or petroleum production or civilian aircraft services; and (2) that materially contributes to Syria's ability to acquire or develop ballistic missiles, chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, or destabilizing numbers and types of advanced conventional weapons.

The Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 is amended to direct the President to impose U.S.-based property blocking and entry sanctions against persons responsible for or complicit in: (1) directing the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Syria or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria; or (2) transferring to Syria certain military items or goods or technologies that may be used to commit human rights abuses.

The President shall: (1) submit an updated list of Syrian officials who are responsible for or complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Syrian citizens, and (2) assess the potential effectiveness of a no-fly zone over Syria.

The State Department may provide assistance to entities taking criminal and evidence gathering actions for prosection of individuals who have committed crimes against humanity or war crimes in Syria since March 2011. The President may suspend sanctions against Syria under specified conditions.

The bill: (1) expresses the sense of Congress with respect to a transitional government in Syria, and (2) sets forth activities and transactions that are exempt from sanctions.

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