Syria Accountability and Liberation Act

Bill: 110-hr-2332
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced weapons
Affiliated corporations
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control verification
Arms sales
Ballistic missiles
Bank loans
Biological warfare
Boundaries
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Conventional weapons
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debt agreements
Debt relief
Democracy
Development credit institutions
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Dissenters
Economic assistance
Embargo
Emergency Management
Energy
Export controls
Export finance
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Foreign loans
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Government property
Governmental investigations
Human rights
Import restrictions
Imports
International agencies
International broadcasting
International control of nuclear power
International cooperation
International relief
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Joint ventures
Law
Lebanon
Licenses
Middle East and North Africa
Military agreements
Military and naval supplies
Military assistance
Military technology
Nongovernmental organizations
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Ordnance
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Political prisoners
President and foreign policy
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Radio broadcasting
Raw materials
Rockets (Ordnance)
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Sovereignty
State-sponsored terrorism
Subsidiary corporations
Syria
Technical assistance
Technology transfer
Television broadcasting
Terrorism
Trade agreements
Treaties
United Nations
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Syria Accountability and Liberation Act - States that U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to Syria shall remain in effect until the President certifies that Syria has ceased support for terrorism, has dismantled biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons programs and has committed to combat their proliferation, respects the boundaries and sovereignty of all neighboring countries, and upholds human rights and civil liberties. 
 
Imposes specified trade, assistance, and military sanctions, as appropriate, on persons or countries that transfer goods or technology so as to contribute to Syria's biological, chemical, nuclear, or advanced conventional weapons programs.
 
Imposes specified sanctions aimed at Syria's energy sector.
 
Sets forth diplomatic measures intended to isolate the government of Syria.
 
Directs the President to provide assistance to support a democratic transition in Syria. Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House