affiliate is controlled in fact by a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
(d) PUBLICATION
IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 
President shall cause to be published in the Federal Reg-
ister a current list of sanctioned persons. The removal of 
persons from, and the addition of persons to, such list of 
sanctioned persons shall also be so published. 
(e) PUBLICATION
OF PROJECTS.—The President 
shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a list 
of all projects which have been publicly tendered in the 
oil and gas sector in Syria. 
(f) EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not be re-
quired to apply or maintain the sanctions specified in sub-
section (b)— 
(1) in the case of procurement of defense arti-
cles or defense services— 
(A) under existing contracts or sub-
contracts, including the exercise of options for 
production quantities to satisfy requirements 
essential to the national security of the United 
States; 
(B) if the President determines and cer-
tifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the person to which the sanc-
tions would otherwise be applied is a sole source 
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supplier of the defense articles or services, that 
such defense articles or services are essential, 
and that alternative sources are not readily or 
reasonably available; or 
(C) if the President determines and cer-
tifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such articles or services are es-
sential to the national security of the United 
States under defense coproduction agreements; 
(2) in the case of procurement, to eligible prod-
ucts, as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade 
Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of 
any foreign country or instrumentality designated 
under section 301(b)(1) of that Act (19 U.S.C. 
2511(b)(1)); 
(3) to products, technology, or services provided 
under contracts entered into before the date on 
which the President publishes in the Federal Reg-
ister the name of a person with respect to which the 
sanctions are to be imposed; 
(4) to— 
(A) spare parts which are essential to 
United States products or production; and 
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(B) component parts, but not finished 
products, essential to United States products or 
production; and 
(5) to medicines, medical supplies, or other hu-
manitarian items. 
SEC. 202. ADVISORY OPINIONS. 
The Secretary of State may, upon the request of any 
person, issue an advisory opinion to such person as to 
whether a proposed activity by such person would subject 
such person to sanctions under section 201. Any person 
who relies in good faith on such an advisory opinion which 
states that such proposed activity would not subject such 
person to such sanctions, and any person who thereafter 
engages in such activity, shall not be made subject to such 
sanctions on account of such activity. 
SEC. 203. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 
The requirement to impose sanctions under section 
201 shall no longer have force or effect with respect to 
the Government of Syria if the President determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the requirements of section 102 (a) and (b) have been met. 
SEC. 204. DURATION OF SANCTIONS; PRESIDENTIAL WAIV-
ER. 
(a) DELAY OF SANCTIONS.— 
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(1) CONSULTATIONS.—If the President makes a 
determination under section 201 that sanctions spec-
ified in such section should be imposed with respect 
to a foreign person, Congress urges the President to 
initiate consultations immediately with the govern-
ment with primary jurisdiction over such foreign 
person with respect to the imposition of such sanc-
tions under such section. 
(2) ACTIONS
BY
GOVERNMENT
OF
JURISDIC-
TION.—In order to pursue consultations under para-
graph (1) with the government with primary juris-
diction over a foreign person described in such para-
graph, the President may delay imposition on such 
foreign person of sanctions under section 201 for up 
to 90 days. Following such consultations, the Presi-
dent shall immediately impose such sanctions unless 
the President determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that such govern-
ment has taken specific and effective actions, includ-
ing the imposition of appropriate penalties, to termi-
nate the involvement of such foreign person in the 
activities that resulted in the determination by the 
President to impose on such foreign person sanc-
tions under section 201. 
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(b) DURATION OF SANCTIONS.—Sanctions imposed 
under section 201 shall remain in effect— 
(1) for a period of not less than two years from 
the date on which such sanctions are imposed; or 
(2) until such time as the President determines 
and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that the person whose activities were the 
basis for imposing such sanction is no longer engag-
ing in such activities and that the President has re-
ceived reliable assurances that such person will not 
engage in such activities in the future, except that 
such sanctions shall remain in effect for a period of 
not less than one year. 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.—The President may, on 
a case by case basis, waive for a single period of not more 
than six months the application of a sanction imposed on 
a foreign person under section 201, if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees at least 
30 days before such waiver is to take effect that— 
(1) such waiver is vital to the national security 
of the United States; and 
(2) the government of the country with respect 
to which such foreign person is a national has un-
dertaken substantial measures to prevent the acqui-
sition and development of weapons of mass destruc-
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