[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1473 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1473

To prohibit the deployment of members of the Armed Forces to Syria for 
    purposes of engaging in ground combat operations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

 Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Pocan, 
    Mr. Pallone, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Bass, Mr. Hastings, Ms. 
 Moore, Mr. Raskin, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the deployment of members of the Armed Forces to Syria for 
    purposes of engaging in ground combat operations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Prohibit Expansion of U.S. Combat 
Troops into Syria Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GROUND COMBAT PRESENCE IN SYRIA.

    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no funds 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the purpose of--
            (1) deploying members of the United States Armed Forces on 
        to the ground of Syria for the purposes of engaging in ground 
        combat operations;
            (2) awarding a contract to a private security contractor to 
        conduct any activity on the ground of Syria; or
            (3) otherwise establishing or maintaining any presence of 
        members of the United States Armed Forces or private security 
        contractors on the ground of Syria, unless the purpose of such 
        presence is limited solely to rescuing or protecting members of 
        the United States Armed Forces from imminent danger.
    (b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply 
to the deployment of United States Armed Forces to protect, rescue, or 
remove United States personnel.
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