and their proxies in Lebanon have been completely
withdrawn from Lebanon and that the Government
of Lebanon is certified to have been freely elected
and wholly democratic in nature; and
(2) are the product of Syria beginning 30 days
after the President certifies to the Congress that the
requirements described in paragraph (1) have been
met and that the Government of Syria is certified to
have been freely elected and wholly democratic in
nature.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA
AND LEBANON.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, economic assistance may not be provided to
Syria or Lebanon.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply—
(1) with respect to Lebanon beginning 30 days
after the President certifies to the Congress that
Syrian military, security, and intelligence forces and
their proxies in Lebanon have been completely with-
drawn from Lebanon and that the Government of
Lebanon is certified to have been freely elected and
wholly democratic in nature; and
(2) with respect to Syria beginning 30 days
after the President certifies to the Congress that the
requirements described in paragraph (1) have been
met and that the Government of Syria is certified to
have been freely elected and wholly democratic in
nature.
(c) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—In this section, the
term ‘‘economic assistance’’ means any assistance under
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.) or any related assistance under any other
provision of law.
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, military assistance may not be provided to
the Government of Lebanon.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply be-
ginning 30 days after the President certifies to the Con-
gress that Syrian military, security, and intelligence forces
and their proxies in Lebanon have been completely with-
drawn from Lebanon and the Government of Lebanon is
certified to have been freely elected and wholly democratic
in nature.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that any assistance prohibited by reason of the
application of subsection (a) should be redirected to assist-
ance for humanitarian, democracy building, human rights
and educational efforts in Lebanon.
(d) MILITARY ASSISTANCE.—In this section, the
term ‘‘military assistance’’—
(1) means any assistance under part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2301 et
seq.) and any assistance under the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); and
(2) includes any other form of military coopera-
tion with the Government of Lebanon.
SEC. 8. REQUIREMENT TO OPPOSE LOANS AND OTHER AS-
SISTANCE TO SYRIA AND LEBANON BY INTER-
NATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning 15 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall in-
struct the United States representative to each inter-
national financial institution (including the International
Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development) to which the United States
is a member to use the voice and vote of the United States
to oppose the initiation or renewal of any loan or other
form of assistance for Syria or Lebanon.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply—
(1) with respect to Lebanon beginning 30 days
after the President certifies to the Congress that
Syrian military, security, and intelligence forces and
their proxies in Lebanon have been completely with-
drawn from Lebanon and that the Government of
Lebanon is certified to have been freely elected and
wholly democratic in nature; and
(2) with respect to Syria beginning 30 days
after the President certifies to the Congress that the
requirements described in paragraph (1) have been
met and that the Government of Syria is certified to
have been freely elected and wholly democratic in
nature.
SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORTS.
As part of the annual human rights report required
under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)), the
Secretary of State shall pay special attention to the report
on Lebanon and shall include in such report the following:
(1) A detailed assessment of Syrian influence in
the three branches of the Government of Lebanon.
(2) An assessment of human rights abuses at-
tributable to Syrian influence in the Government of
Lebanon.
(3) An assessment of the role played by Syrian
intelligence services in Lebanon.
(4) An estimate of the number of Syrian mili-
tary, security, and intelligence forces and their prox-
ies and terrorist groups in Lebanon.
(5) Progress made by the Government of Leb-
anon in disarming terrorist groups, and an assess-
ment of the causes for the Lebanese Government’s
failure to disarm such groups.
(6) The specific steps and concrete actions
taken by the Department of State to affect a with-
drawal of all Syrian military, security, and intel-
ligence forces and their proxies from Lebanon.
SEC. 10. DEFINITION.
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘Syrian military, secu-
rity, and intelligence forces and their proxies’’ includes
Syrian Army regulars, paramilitary forces, and plain
clothes intelligence and security officials.