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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2224 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2012 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

2 (a) REPORT ON OPPOSITION GROUPS.— 

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

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

5 shall submit to Congress a report describing in de6 tail all the known opposition groups, both inde7 pendent and state-sponsored, inside and outside of 

8 Syria, operating directly or indirectly to oppose the 

9 Government of Syria. 

10 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

11 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

12 (A) An assessment of the current military 

13 capacity of opposition forces. 

14 (B) An assessment of the ability of opposi15 tion forces inside and outside of Syria to estab16 lish military and political activities impacting 

17 Syria, together with a practicable timetable for 

18 accomplishing these objectives. 

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

20 the opposition groups to establish effective mili21 tary and political control in Syria. 

22 (D) A description of the composition and 

23 political agenda of each of the known opposition 

24 groups inside and outside of Syria, and an as25 sessment of the degree to which such groups 


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1 represent the views of the people of Syria as a 

2 whole. 

3 (E) A description of the financial resources 

4 currently available to opposition groups and 

5 known potential sources of continued financing. 

6 (F) An assessment of the relationship be7 tween each of the Syrian opposition groups and 

8 the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, 

9 Hamas, and any other groups that have pro10 moted an agenda that would negatively impact 

11 United States national interests. 

12 (G) An assessment of whether active sup13 port from the United States to opposition forces 

14 would have a positive or negative impact on the 

15 factors discussed in subparagraphs (A) through 

16 (F). 

17 (b) REPORT ON WEAPONS STOCKPILES.— 

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

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

20 shall submit to Congress an assessment of the size 

21 and security of conventional and non-conventional 

22 weapons stockpiles in Syria. 

23 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

24 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 


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

2 access to the stockpiles. 

3 (B) A description of the sources and types 

4 of weapons flowing from outside Syria to both 

5 government and opposition forces. 

6 (C) A detailed plan to prevent the pro7 liferation of conventional, biological, chemical, 

8 and other types of weapons in Syria. 

9 (c) REPORT ON CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE

10 PLANS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA’S POLITICAL

11 OPPOSITION.— 

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

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

14 shall submit to Congress a report on all the support 

15 provided to opposition political forces in Syria. 

16 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

17 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

18 (A) A full description of the current tech19 nical assistance democracy programs conducted 

20 by the Department of State and United States 

21 Agency for International Development to sup22 port the political opposition in Syria. 

23 (B) A full summary of the communications 

24 equipment that is currently being provided to 

25 the political opposition in Syria, including a deVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:53 May 11, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2224.RFH S2224

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1 scription of the entities that have received and 

2 that will continue to receive such equipment. 

3 (C) A description of any additional activi4 ties the United States plans to undertake in 

5 support of the political opposition in Syria. 

6 (D) A description of the funding levels cur7 rently dedicated to support the political opposi8 tion in Syria. 

9 (d) FORM.—The reports required by this section may 

10 be submitted in a classified form, but shall include an un11 classified summary. 

Passed the Senate May 9, 2012. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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