[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5993 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5993

To prohibit the use of funds available to the Department of Defense or 
 an element of the intelligence community for the purpose of, or which 
 would have the effect of supporting, directly or indirectly, military 
or paramilitary operations in Syria by any nation, group, organization, 
                        movement, or individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2012

Mr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Campbell) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
   to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds available to the Department of Defense or 
 an element of the intelligence community for the purpose of, or which 
 would have the effect of supporting, directly or indirectly, military 
or paramilitary operations in Syria by any nation, group, organization, 
                        movement, or individual.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Syria Non-Intervention Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY OR PARAMILITARY 
              OPERATIONS IN SYRIA.

    (a) Prohibition.--No funds available to the Department of Defense 
or an element of the intelligence community may be obligated or 
expended for the purpose of, or which would have the effect of 
supporting, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations 
in Syria by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the obligation or 
expenditure of funds pursuant to a declaration of war against Syria by 
the United States.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``intelligence 
community'' has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
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