{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-3202","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 3202","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit any official action to recognize or normalize relations with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit any official action to recognize or normalize relations with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-05-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-02-14","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h49","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act","result":"Passed","yea":389,"nay":32,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll049.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2024-02-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-05-11","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits federal officials or employees from taking any action to recognize a Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad. The bill also expands existing sanctions related to the Syrian conflict to cover additional activities and persons (individuals and entities)."},{"k":"p","t":"Current law requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons engaged in certain activities related to the conflict in Syria. For example, such sanctions must be imposed on those that knowingly (1) are responsible for serious human rights abuses against the Syrian people, or (2) provide aircraft or spare aircraft parts for military purposes on behalf of the Syrian government to a foreign person operating in certain areas of Syria."},{"k":"p","t":"This bill expands the types of activities that would subject a foreign person to sanctions, including knowingly (1) providing any type of aircraft or spare aircraft parts to the Syrian government, (2) diverting humanitarian assistance intended for the Syrian people, or (3) confiscating property in Syria or owned by a Syrian citizen for personal gain or political purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also extends these sanctions to entities owned or controlled by a sanctioned person and to a sanctioned person's adult family members. Additionally, the bill removes an exception to the sanctions related to the importation of goods."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of State must provide Congress with a strategy to counter foreign government efforts to normalize relations with the Bashar al-Assad regime."}],"words":239},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Prohibits Federal recognition of a Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad, amends the sanctions in section 7412 of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, and requires reports to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H21ABB0AB9C644A3D96E700ECD30769E8"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H0A82106AFED24853AE01B2BD7D63673E"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H68665D3C77C74BAD9D24DA020CF5E7B2"}]},"core_areas":["Sanctions under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019","Prohibition on U.S. recognition of a Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad","State Department report and strategy on other governments' ties with the Assad regime","State Department reports on United Nations operations in Syria"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Prohibits any Federal official or employee from taking action, and prohibits making Federal funds available, to recognize or imply U.S. recognition of Bashar al-Assad or any Government in Syria led by him.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H0A82106AFED24853AE01B2BD7D63673E"}},{"text":"Amends section 7412 of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 so the President shall impose sanctions on foreign persons who knowingly engage in listed activities, on their adult family members (with an exception), and on entities they own or control.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H21ABB0AB9C644A3D96E700ECD30769E8"}},{"text":"Adds sanctionable activities to that Act, including diverting goods or international humanitarian assistance intended for the people of Syria, and seizing or expropriating property in Syria or owned by a Syrian citizen for personal gain or political purposes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H21ABB0AB9C644A3D96E700ECD30769E8"}},{"text":"Replaces the sunset date in section 7438 of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 with December 31, 2032.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H21ABB0AB9C644A3D96E700ECD30769E8"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, within 180 days and annually for 5 years after, to submit to congressional committees a report and strategy on actions by foreign governments to normalize or upgrade ties with the regime led by Bashar al-Assad.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H68665D3C77C74BAD9D24DA020CF5E7B2"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, within 180 days and annually for 5 years after, to report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Assad regime's conditions on United Nations operations in Syria.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#HA4C11FA008534BFCBD0D376E4D685B31"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh#H14C51DE6EEA94906997303808E9E7DD3"},"heading":"Short title","effect":"Gives the Act the short title \"Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023\", which includes the surname of a named political figure.","amount":null,"quote":"This Act may be cited as the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023”."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-02-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3202/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-3202.png","v":"bddf56a5615f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3202, 118th Congress: Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023. House: 389 Yea, 32 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Feb 2024."}}