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(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, the Committee on Appropriations, 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(e) COVERED TRANSACTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered transaction’’ means a transaction, 
including an investment, grant, contract, or donation (in-
cluding a loan or other extension of credit)— 
(1) by a foreign person located in Turkey, the 
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, 
Bahrain, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tu-
nisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, or Lebanon; to 
(2) a recipient in any area of Syria held by the 
Assad regime. 
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SEC. 5. REPORTS ON MANIPULATION OF UNITED NATIONS 
BY ASSAD REGIME IN SYRIA. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the 
manipulation of the United Nations by the regime led by 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Assad regime’’), including— 
(1) a description of conditions, both explicit and 
implicit, set by the Assad regime with respect to 
United Nations operations in Syria including with 
respect to implementing partners, hiring practices, 
allocation of grants and contracts, and procurement 
of goods and services; 
(2) a description of the extent to which the 
United Nations has rejected or otherwise opposed 
any of the conditions described in paragraph (1); 
(3) an identification of officials or employees of 
the United Nations (including funds, programs and 
specialized agencies of the United Nations) with ties 
to the Assad regime, including family ties, or per-
sons designated for sanctions by United Nations 
donor countries; 
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(4) a full account of access restrictions imposed 
by the Assad regime and the overall impact on the 
ability of the United Nations to deliver international 
assistance to target beneficiaries in areas outside re-
gime control; 
(5) a description of ways in which United Na-
tions aid improperly benefits the Assad regime and 
its associates in defiance of basic humanitarian prin-
ciples; 
(6) a description of the due diligence mecha-
nisms and vetting procedures in place to ensure enti-
ties contracted by the United Nations to ensure 
goods, supplies, or services provided to Syria do not 
have links to the Assad regime, known human rights 
abusers, or persons designated for sanctions by 
United Nations donor countries; 
(7) an identification of entities affiliated with 
the Assad regime, including the Syria Trust for De-
velopment and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, for-
eign government ministries, and private corporations 
owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the 
Assad regime, that have received United Nations 
funding, contracts, or grants or have otherwise en-
tered into a formalized partnership with the United 
Nations; 
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(8) an assessment of how the Assad regime sets 
arbitrary or punitive exchange rates to extract fund-
ing from the United Nations, as well as the total 
amount extracted by such means; 
(9) an assessment of the degree to which the 
various forms of manipulation described in this sec-
tion has resulted in compromises of the humani-
tarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impar-
tiality, and independence of the United Nations; and 
(10) a strategy to reduce the ability of the 
Assad regime to manipulate or otherwise influence 
the United Nations and other aid operations in 
Syria and ensure United States and international 
aid is delivered in a neutral and impartial manner 
consistent with basic humanitarian principles. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 14, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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