US Congress Senate Bill 2034 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to submit, and update every 180 days and as new information becomes available, the following lists to Congress: (1) Syrian government officials or persons acting on behalf of that government who are responsible for or complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Syrian citizens or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria; (2) persons who knowingly transfer or facilitate the transfer of goods or technologies (weapons, surveillance technology, or sensitive technology) that are likely to be used by Syria to commit human rights abuses against the Syrian people; and (3) persons who engage in censorship that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by Syrian citizens. Directs the President to impose specified property and finance-related sanctions on such listed persons and make them ineligible for U.S. entry. Authorizes the President to waive the listing of a person or the imposition of sanctions if in the U.S. national security interest. Prohibits the head of a federal agency from entering into or renewing a contract for the procurement of goods or services with a person (or a person owning or controlling such person) that exports sensitive technology to Syria. Authorizes the President to exempt certain products from such prohibition. Defines "sensitive technology" as hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is used to: (1) restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or (2) disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the speech of the Syrian people.

Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

SB2101 (Related) 2012-02-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 320.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2034/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2034/BILLS-112s2034is.pdf