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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4427 
To review banking restrictions, strengthen anti-money laundering capacity, 
and update sanctions with respect to the Government of Syria, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on For-
eign Affairs, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To review banking restrictions, strengthen anti-money laun-
dering capacity, and update sanctions with respect to 
the Government of Syria, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Syria Sanctions Ac-
countability Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF EXCEPTIVE RELIEF FOR THE COMMER-
CIAL BANK OF SYRIA. 
Not later than 360 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network shall provide a briefing to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate that contains the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the impact of the exceptive 
relief provided by the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network under section 5318(a)(7) of title 31, 
United States Code, with respect to the Commercial 
Bank of Syria on May 23, 2025, including an as-
sessment of whether such exceptive relief advanced 
the national security or foreign policy objectives of 
the United States. 
(2) A recommendation of whether or not to con-
tinue exceptive relief or revise any finding with re-
spect to the Commercial Bank of Syria under section 
5318A(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. ACTIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY 
FUND AND THE WORLD BANK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Directors at the 
International Monetary Fund and the International Bank 
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for Reconstruction and Development to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to support the following: 
(1) The restoration of sound data reporting and 
regular economic monitoring in Syria. 
(2) Technical assistance for the Government of 
Syria to improve financial connectivity and strength-
en measures, consistent with international stand-
ards, regarding anti-money laundering, weapons 
non-proliferation, and anti-corruption. 
(3) A strategy to address priorities for economic 
growth in Syria. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—Within 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 1 year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide a 
briefing to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate on the activities described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) SUNSET.—The preceding provisions of this sec-
tion shall have no force or effect beginning on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 4. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REVIEW OF COUNTRY LIMI-
TATION SCHEDULE. 
Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States shall— 
(1) determine whether any country limitation 
applicable to the Bank with respect to Syria is ap-
propriate; and 
(2) brief the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen-
ate on the determination. 
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA. 
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 
(title LXXIV of division F of Public Law 116–92; 22 
U.S.C. 8791 note) is amended— 
(1) in section 7431(a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘for renewable periods not to exceed 
180 days’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) The air space over Syria is not being uti-
lized by the Government of Syria to target civilian 
populations through the use of incendiary devices, 
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including barrel bombs, chemical weapons, and con-
ventional arms (including air-delivered missiles and 
explosives). 
‘‘(2) Areas under the control of the Government 
of Syria are no longer cut off from international aid 
and have regular access to humanitarian assistance, 
freedom of travel, and medical care. 
‘‘(3) The Government of Syria is releasing all 
political prisoners forcibly held within the prison sys-
tem of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the Gov-
ernment of Syria is allowing full access to prison 
system facilities for investigations by appropriate 
international human rights organizations. 
‘‘(4) The forces of the Government of Syria are 
no longer engaged in deliberate targeting of medical 
facilities, schools, residential areas, and community 
gathering places, including markets, in violation of 
international norms.’’; and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) The Government of Syria is taking 
verifiable steps to combat the illicit production and 
international illicit proliferation of Captagon. 
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‘‘(9) The Government of Syria is not engaged 
in the targeting or extrajudicial detention of reli-
gious minorities in Syria.’’; 
(2) in section 7432— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, for renewable 
periods not to exceed 180 days,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘with respect to 
a foreign person’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 
every 180 days thereafter while the waiver 
remains in effect,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, for 
renewable periods not to exceed 2 years,’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 
every 180 days thereafter while the waiver 
remains in effect,’’; and 
(3) in section 7438 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 7438. SUNSET. 
‘‘This title shall cease to be effective on the earlier 
of— 
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‘‘(1) the date that is 30 days after the date that 
the President reports to Congress that the Govern-
ment of Syria has met the criteria described in para-
graphs (1) through (8) of section 7431(a) for 2 con-
secutive years; or 
‘‘(2) December 31, 2029.’’. 
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