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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 

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 inde9 pendent and state-sponsored, inside and outside of 

10 Syria, operating directly or indirectly to oppose the 

11 Government of Syria. 


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1 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

3 (A) An assessment of the current military 

4 capacity of opposition forces. 

5 (B) An assessment of the ability of opposi6 tion forces inside and outside of Syria to estab7 lish military and political activities impacting 

8 Syria, together with a practicable timetable for 

9 accomplishing these objectives. 

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

11 the opposition groups to establish effective mili12 tary and political control in Syria. 

13 (D) A description of the composition and 

14 political agenda of each of the known opposition 

15 groups inside and outside of Syria, and an as16 sessment of the degree to which such groups 

17 represent the views of the people of Syria as a 

18 whole. 

19 (E) A description of the financial resources 

20 currently available to opposition groups and 

21 known potential sources of continued financing. 

22 (F) An assessment of the relationship be23 tween each of the Syrian opposition groups and 

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1 moted an agenda that would negatively impact 

2 United States national interests. 

3 (b) REPORT ON WEAPONS STOCKPILES.— 

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

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

6 shall submit to Congress an assessment of the size 

7 and security of conventional and non-conventional 

8 weapons stockpiles in Syria. 

9 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

10 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

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

12 access to the stockpiles. 

13 (B) A description of the sources and types 

14 of weapons flowing from outside Syria to both 

15 government and opposition forces. 

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

17 be submitted in a classified form, but shall include an un18 classified summary. 

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