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(A) IN
GENERAL.—A person engages in an activity 
described in this paragraph if the person— 
(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods 
or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Syria; 
or 
(ii) provides services with respect to goods or tech-
nologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods 
or technologies are transferred to Syria. 
(B) APPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTS AND OTHER AGREE-
MENTS.—A person engages in an activity described in 
subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity 
is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement 
entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(C) GOODS
OR
TECHNOLOGIES
DESCRIBED.—Goods or 
technologies described in this subparagraph are goods or 
technologies that the President determines are likely to 
be used by the Government of Syria or any of its agencies 
or instrumentalities to commit human rights abuses 
against the people of Syria, including— 
(i) firearms or ammunition (as those terms are 
defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code), 
rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical 
sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, 
water cannons, or surveillance technology; or 
(ii) sensitive technology. 
(D) SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (C), 
the term ‘‘sensitive technology’’ means hardware, soft-
ware, telecommunications equipment, or any other 
technology, that the President determines is to be used 
specifically— 
(I) to restrict the free flow of unbiased informa-
tion in Syria; or 
(II) to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict 
speech of the people of Syria. 
(ii) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘sensitive technology’’ 
does not include information or informational materials 
the exportation of which the President does not have 
the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 
203(b)(3) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)). 
(3) SPECIAL
RULE
TO
ALLOW
FOR
TERMINATION
OF 
SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not be required 
to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1) if 
the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that— 
(A) the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken 
significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity 
described in paragraph (2) for which the President would 
otherwise have included the person on the list; and 
(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in any activity 
described in paragraph (2) in the future. 
(4) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
paragraph (1)—
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(A) not later than 300 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(5) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available 
to the public and posted on the websites of the Department 
of the Treasury and the Department of State. 
SEC. 704. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 
WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP OR OTHER FORMS OF 
REPRESSION IN SYRIA. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanctions 
described in section 702(c) with respect to each person on the 
list required by subsection (b). 
(b) LIST OF PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that 
the President determines have engaged in censorship, or activi-
ties relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, 
or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression 
by citizens of Syria. 
(2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated list under 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 300 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available 
to the public and posted on the websites of the Department 
of the Treasury and the Department of State. 
SEC. 705. WAIVER. 
The President may waive the requirement to include a person 
on a list required by section 702, 703, or 704 or to impose sanctions 
pursuant to any such section if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security 
interests of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the reasons for that determination. 
SEC. 706. TERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this title and any sanctions 
imposed pursuant to this title shall terminate on the date on 
which the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(1) the certification described in subsection (b); and 
(2) a certification that—
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(A) the Government of Syria is democratically elected 
and representative of the people of Syria; or 
(B) a legitimate transitional government of Syria is 
in place. 
(b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification by the President that the Government 
of Syria— 
(1) has unconditionally released all political prisoners; 
(2) has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, 
torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in peaceful 
political activity; 
(3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive technology 
designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in 
Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the right 
of citizens of Syria to freedom of expression; 
(4) has ceased providing support for foreign terrorist 
organizations and no longer allows such organizations, 
including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, 
to maintain facilities in territory under the control of the 
Government of Syria; and 
(5) has ceased the development and deployment of medium- 
and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles; 
(6) is not pursuing or engaged in the research, development, 
acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological, 
chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided credible assur-
ances that it will not engage in such activities in the future; 
and 
(7) has agreed to allow the United Nations and other inter-
national observers to verify that the Government of Syria is 
not engaging in such activities and to assess the credibility 
of the assurances provided by that Government. 
(c) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AFTER ELECTION OF DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNMENT.—If the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the certification described in subsection (a)(2), 
the President may suspend the provisions of this title and any 
sanctions imposed under this title for not more than 180 days 
to allow time for a certification described in subsection (b) to be 
submitted. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.