(d) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this title, the term ‘‘sanctioned person’’ means any per-
son or entity described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 104. SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—If the President determines that 
the government of any foreign country transfers or re-
transfers goods or technology, or provides assistance, so 
as to contribute to the efforts by the Government of Syria 
to acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types of 
advanced conventional weapons, or to acquire, develop, 
produce, or stockpile chemical, biological, radiological, or 
nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, then the 
President shall impose two or more of the sanctions de-
scribed in subsection (b), and the sanctions described in 
subsection (c). 
(b) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions referred to in sub-
section (a) are as follows: 
(1) SUSPENSION OF UNITED STATES ASSIST-
ANCE.—The United States Government shall sus-
pend United States assistance to the sanctioned 
country. 
(2) EXPORT
SANCTION.—The United States 
Government shall not issue any license for any ex-
port by or to the sanctioned country. 
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(3) IMPORT
SANCTION.—The President shall 
ban the importation of any article that is a product 
of the sanctioned country. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION 
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States Executive Director at 
each international financial institution (as defined in 
section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial In-
stitutions Act) to oppose and vote against the exten-
sion by such institution of any financial or technical 
assistance to the sanctioned country. 
(5) SUSPENSION OF CODEVELOPMENT OR CO-
PRODUCTION
AGREEMENTS.—The United States 
Government shall suspend compliance with its obli-
gations under any memorandum of understanding 
with the sanctioned country for the codevelopment 
or coproduction of any item on the United States 
Munitions List (established under section 38 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)), includ-
ing any obligation for implementation of the memo-
randum of understanding through the sale to the 
sanctioned country of technical data or assistance or 
the licensing for export to the sanctioned country of 
any component part. 
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(6) UNITED
STATES
MUNITIONS
LIST.—No 
item on the United States Munitions List (estab-
lished pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act) may be exported to the sanctioned 
country. 
(c) SUSPENSION
OF
MILITARY
AND
DUAL-USE 
TECHNICAL
EXCHANGE
AGREEMENTS.—The United 
States Government shall suspend compliance with its obli-
gations under any technical exchange agreement involving 
military and dual-use technology between the United 
States and the sanctioned country that does not directly 
contribute to the security of the United States, and no 
military or dual-use technology may be exported from the 
United States to the sanctioned country pursuant to that 
agreement during that period. 
TITLE 
II—SANCTIONS 
TAR-
GETING SYRIA’S ENERGY SEC-
TOR 
SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Except as provided 
in subsection (f), the President shall impose the sanctions 
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) and 
one more of the sanctions specified in paragraphs (3) 
through (6) of such subsection, if the President deter-
mines that a person has, on or after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, made an investment of $5,000,000 or 
more (or any combination of investments thereof, which 
in the aggregate equals or exceeds $5,000,000 in any 12- 
month period), that contributed to the enhancement of the 
Government of Syria’s ability to develop petroleum re-
sources in Syria. 
(b) SANCTIONS SPECIFIED.—The sanctions specified 
in this subsection are as follows: 
(1) EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK
ASSISTANCE
FOR 
EXPORTS TO SANCTIONED PERSONS.—The President 
shall direct the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States not to give approval to the issuance of any 
guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici-
pation in the extension of credit in connection with 
the export of any goods or services to any sanctioned 
person. 
(2) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—The United States Government 
shall prohibit any United States financial institution 
from making loans or providing credits to any sanc-
tioned person totaling more than $10,000,000 in 
any 12-month period unless such person is engaged 
in activities to relieve human suffering and the loans 
or credits are provided for such activities. 
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(3) EXPORT
SANCTION.—The President may 
order the United States Government not to issue 
any specific license and not to grant any other spe-
cific permission or authority to export any goods or 
technology to a sanctioned person under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 
1979; 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act; 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or 
(D) any other statute that requires the 
prior review and approval of the United States 
Government as a condition for the export or re-
export of goods or services. 
(4) PROHIBITIONS
ON
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The following prohibitions may be imposed 
against a sanctioned person that is a financial insti-
tution: 
(A) PROHIBITION
ON
DESIGNATION
AS 
PRIMARY DEALER.—Neither the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System nor the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York may des-
ignate, or permit the continuation of any prior 
designation of, such financial institution as a 
primary dealer in United States Government 
debt instruments. 
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