(9) defeat all attempts by the Government of 
Syria to jam or otherwise deny international satellite 
broadcasting signals; and 
(10) expand worldwide United States embassy 
and consulate programming for and outreach to Syr-
ian dissident communities. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. DENIAL OF VISAS FOR GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may not 
issue a visa to a person of a country designated as sup-
porting acts of international terrorism pursuant to section 
6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), section 40(d) 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)), sec-
tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2371), if the Secretary determines that such na-
tional— 
(1) is an agent, instrumentality, or official of, 
is affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of 
the government of Syria; 
(2) provides material support to the policies of 
the Governments of Syria; or 
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(3) presents a threat to the United States or 
who has committed, ordered, assisted, or otherwise 
participated in the terrorist acts, or directly or indi-
rectly affiliated with terrorist organizations. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may, on a case- 
by-case basis, waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if the 
Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that it is vital to the national security interests 
of the United States to do so, and provides the appropriate 
congressional committees with a detailed justification for 
that certification. 
(c) RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary of State shall re-
strict diplomats in Washington, DC, and at the United 
Nations in New York City, to travel only within a 25-mile 
radius of Washington, DC, or the United Nations head-
quarters building, respectively, of any person who is an 
agent, instrumentality, or official of, is affiliated with, or 
is serving as a representative of the Government of Syria. 
SEC. 602. SUNSET. 
(a) SUNSET.—The provisions of this Act shall termi-
nate, and shall cease to be effective, on the date that is 
30 days after the date on which the President certifies 
to Congress that the Government of Syria— 
(1) has ceased all support for terrorism, includ-
ing that the Government of Syria— 
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(A) is not engaged in the illegal transfer of 
missile or nuclear technology to the Government 
of North Korea or to any country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of any of the provisions of 
law specified in the matter preceding this para-
graph, is a government that has repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international ter-
rorism; 
(B) is no longer engaged in training, har-
boring, supplying, financing, or supporting in 
any way— 
(i) Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Is-
lamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the 
Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front 
for the Liberation of Palestine-General 
Command, the Democratic Front for the 
Liberation of Palestine, Fatah al-Intifada, 
or Fatah al-Islam; 
(ii) any other organization designated 
by the Secretary of State as a foreign ter-
rorist organization in accordance with sec-
tion 219(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); 
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(iii) any person included on the Annex 
to Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 
2001) and any other person identified 
under section 1 of that Executive Order 
whose property and interests in property 
are blocked by such section (commonly 
known as a ‘‘specially designated global 
terrorist’’); 
(iv) any person designated under sec-
tion 3 of Executive Order 13338 (May 13, 
2004) or under section 1 of Executive 
Order 13438 (July 17, 2007); 
(v) the Syrian Social Nationalist 
Party; 
(vi) any other person or organization 
contributing to instability in Lebanon or 
Iraq; or 
(vii) any agency, instrumentality, af-
filiate, or successor organization of the or-
ganizations listed in subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), (D), (E), or (F). 
(C) has immediately and unconditionally 
stopped facilitating transit from Syria to Iraq 
of individuals, military equipment, and all lethal 
items, except as authorized by the representa-
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tive, internationally recognized Government of 
Iraq; and 
(D) has ceased its support for ‘‘volunteers’’ 
and terrorists who are traveling from and 
through Syria into Iraq to launch attacks; 
(2) has not provided such support during the 
preceding 5-year period and has not been deter-
mined by the Secretary of State, for the purposes of 
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
or any other provision of law, to be a government 
that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism at any time during such 5- 
year period; 
(3)(A) has permanently dismantled Syria’s 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weap-
ons programs; 
(B) has ceased all efforts to design, develop, 
manufacture, or acquire— 
(i) a nuclear explosive device or related 
materials and technology; 
(ii) chemical, biological, and radiological 
weapons; and 
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