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Calendar No. 385 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2224 

To require the President to report to Congress on issues related to Syria. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2012 

Mr. CORKER (for himself and Mr. WEBB) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

APRIL 26, 2012 

Reported by Mr. KERRY, without amendment 

A BILL 

To require the President to report to Congress on issues 

related to Syria. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

4 (a) REPORT ON OPPOSITION GROUPS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

7 shall submit to Congress a report describing in de8 tail all the known opposition groups, both indeVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:48 Apr 27, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2224.RS S2224

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1 pendent and state-sponsored, inside and outside of 

2 Syria, operating directly or indirectly to oppose the 

3 Government of Syria. 

4 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

5 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

6 (A) An assessment of the current military 

7 capacity of opposition forces. 

8 (B) An assessment of the ability of opposi9 tion forces inside and outside of Syria to estab10 lish military and political activities impacting 

11 Syria, together with a practicable timetable for 

12 accomplishing these objectives. 

13 (C) An assessment of the ability of any of 

14 the opposition groups to establish effective mili15 tary and political control in Syria. 

16 (D) A description of the composition and 

17 political agenda of each of the known opposition 

18 groups inside and outside of Syria, and an as19 sessment of the degree to which such groups 

20 represent the views of the people of Syria as a 

21 whole. 

22 (E) A description of the financial resources 

23 currently available to opposition groups and 

24 known potential sources of continued financing. 


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1 (F) An assessment of the relationship be2 tween each of the Syrian opposition groups and 

3 the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, 

4 Hamas, and any other groups that have pro5 moted an agenda that would negatively impact 

6 United States national interests. 

7 (b) REPORT ON WEAPONS STOCKPILES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

10 shall submit to Congress an assessment of the size 

11 and security of conventional and non-conventional 

12 weapons stockpiles in Syria. 

13 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

14 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

15 (A) A description of who has or may have 

16 access to the stockpiles. 

17 (B) A description of the sources and types 

18 of weapons flowing from outside Syria to both 

19 government and opposition forces. 

20 (c) FORM.—The reports required by this section may 

21 be submitted in a classified form, but shall include an un22 classified summary. 


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Calendar No. 385 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2224 

A BILL 

To require the President to report to Congress on 

issues related to Syria. 

APRIL 26, 2012 

Reported without amendment 


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