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Calendar No. 620 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1677 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
OCTOBER 3 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 28), 2018 
Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, encour-
age a negotiated political settlement, and hold Syrian 
human rights abusers accountable for their crimes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 
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TITLE I—ADDITIONAL ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA 
Sec. 101. Sanctions with respect to Central Bank of Syria and foreign persons 
that engage in certain transactions. 
Sec. 102. Prohibitions with respect to the transfer of arms and related mate-
rials to Syria. 
Sec. 103. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 104. Definitions. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS 
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012 
Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain persons who are re-
sponsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed 
against citizens of Syria or their family members. 
Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or tech-
nologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human 
rights abuses. 
Sec. 203. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who hinder humani-
tarian access. 
Sec. 204. Report on certain persons who are responsible for or complicit in cer-
tain human rights abuses in Syria. 
TITLE III—REPORTS AND WAIVER FOR HUMANITARIAN-RELATED 
ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA 
Sec. 301. Briefing on monitoring and evaluating of ongoing assistance pro-
grams in Syria and to the Syrian people. 
Sec. 302. Assessment of potential methods to enhance the protection of civil-
ians. 
Sec. 303. Assistance to support entities taking actions relating to gathering evi-
dence for investigations into war crimes or crimes against hu-
manity in Syria since March 2011. 
TITLE IV—SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA 
Sec. 401. Suspension of sanctions with respect to Syria. 
Sec. 402. Waivers and exemptions. 
TITLE V—REGULATORY AUTHORITY, COST LIMITATION, AND 
SUNSET 
Sec. 501. Implementation and regulatory authorities. 
Sec. 502. Cost limitation. 
Sec. 503. Authority to consolidate reports. 
Sec. 504. Sunset. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1)
Bashar
al-Assad’s
murderous
actions 
against the people of Syria have directly contributed 
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to the deaths of more than 480,000 civilians, led to 
the destruction of more than 50 percent of Syria’s 
critical infrastructure, and forced the displacement 
of more than 14 million people, precipitating one of 
the worst humanitarian crises in more than 60 
years; 
(2) international actions to protect vulnerable 
populations from attack by uniformed and irregular 
forces associated with the Assad regime, including 
Hezbollah, on land and by air, including through the 
use of barrel bombs, chemical weapons, mass starva-
tion, industrial-scale torture and execution of polit-
ical
dissidents,
sniper
attacks
against
pregnant 
women, and the deliberate targeting of medical fa-
cilities, schools, residential areas, and community 
gathering places, including markets, have been insuf-
ficient to date; 
(3) Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including 
chlorine, against the Syrian people violates the 
Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Syria is a 
party; 
(4) Assad’s abhorrent use of chemical weapons, 
most recently on April 4, 2017, in an attack on the 
town of Khan Shakhyn in which more than 90 peo-
ple died, including women and children, and more 
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