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(B) Prohibit United States businesses from investing
or operating in Syria.
(C) Restrict Syrian diplomats in Washington, D.C., and
at the United Nations in New York City, to travel only
within a 25-mile radius of Washington, D.C., or the United
Nations headquarters building, respectively.
(D) Prohibit aircraft of any air carrier owned or con-
trolled by Syria to take off from, land in, or overfly the
United States.
(E) Reduce United States diplomatic contacts with
Syria (other than those contacts required to protect United
States interests or carry out the purposes of this Act).
(F) Block transactions in any property in which the
Government of Syria has any interest, by any person, or
with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States.
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a)(1), (a)(2), or both if the President determines that it
is in the national security interest of the United States to do
so and submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report
containing the reasons for the determination.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA.—If the
President—
(1) makes the determination that Syria meets the require-
ments described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection
(d) and certifies such determination to Congress in accordance
with such subsection;
(2) determines that substantial progress has been made
both in negotiations aimed at achieving a peace agreement
between Israel and Syria and in negotiations aimed at achieving
a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon; and
(3) determines that the Government of Syria is strictly
respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and polit-
ical independence of Lebanon under the sole and exclusive
authority of the Government of Lebanon through the Lebanese
army throughout Lebanon, as required under paragraph (4)
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 520 (1982),
then the President is authorized to provide assistance to Syria
under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(relating to development assistance).
(d) CERTIFICATION.—A certification under this subsection is a
certification transmitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of a determination made by the President that—
(1) the Government of Syria has ceased providing support
for international terrorist groups and does not allow terrorist
groups, such as Hamas, Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad,
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Com-
mand to maintain facilities in territory under Syrian control;
(2) the Government of Syria ended its occupation of Leb-
anon described in section 2(7) of this Act;
(3) the Government of Syria has ceased the development
and deployment of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface
ballistic missiles, is not pursuing or engaged in the research,
development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment
of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, has provided cred-
ible assurances that such behavior will not be undertaken
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in the future, and has agreed to allow United Nations and
other international observers to verify such actions and assur-
ances; and
(4) the Government of Syria has ceased all support for,
and facilitation of, all terrorist activities inside of Iraq,
including preventing the use of territory under its control by
any means whatsoever to support those engaged in terrorist
activities inside of Iraq.
SEC. 6. REPORT.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter until the
conditions described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 5(d)
are satisfied, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on—
(1) Syria’s progress toward meeting the conditions described
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 5(d);
(2) connections, if any, between individual terrorists and
terrorist groups which maintain offices, training camps, or other
facilities on Syrian territory, or operate in areas of Lebanon
occupied by the Syrian armed forces, and terrorist attacks
on the United States or its citizens, installations, or allies;
and
(3) how the United States is increasing its efforts against
Hizballah and other terrorist organizations supported by Syria.
(b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall
be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 7. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’
means the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.