[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2342

  To prohibit any official action to recognize or normalize relations 
      with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2023

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit any official action to recognize or normalize relations 
      with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad.

    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 ``Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF RECOGNITION OF ASSAD REGIME.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) not to recognize or normalize relations with any 
        Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad due to the 
        Assad regime's prior and ongoing crimes against the Syrian 
        people, including failure to meet the criteria outlined in 
        section 7431(a) of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 
        2019 (title LXXIV of Public Law 116-92; 22 U.S.C. 8791 note);
            (2) to actively oppose recognition or normalization of 
        relations by other governments with any Government of Syria 
        that is led by Bashar Al-Assad, including by fully implementing 
        the mandatory primary and secondary sanctions in the Caesar 
        Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 and Executive Order 13894 
        (84 Fed. Reg. 55851; relating to blocking property and 
        suspending entry of certain persons contributing to the 
        situation in Syria); and
            (3) to use the full range of authorities, including those 
        provided under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 
        and Executive Order 13894, to deter reconstruction activities 
        in areas under the control of Bashar al-Assad.
    (b) Prohibition.--In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal 
official or employee may take any action, and no Federal funds may be 
made available, to recognize or otherwise imply, in any manner, United 
States recognition of Bashar al-Assad or any Government in Syria that 
is led by Bashar al-Assad.
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