Stop the Killing in Syria Act
USA116th CongressHR-8931| House
| Updated: 12/21/2020
Joe Wilson
Republican Representative
South Carolina
Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Stop the Killing in Syria Act This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against specified persons that assist or support Syria in malign activities and crimes against its own people, and it requires the Department of State to submit a strategy for removing the al-Assad regime from power and achieving a transition to a free and democratic Syria. Further, the bill prohibits any federal department or agency from recognizing any Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad or the legitimacy of Bashar al-Assad as President of Syria.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)
International Affairs
AfricaAsiaAviation and airportsChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCustoms enforcementDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisaster relief and insuranceEconomic developmentEgyptExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFinancial services and investmentsFirearms and explosivesForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesHealth facilities and institutionsHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentIranIraqJordanKuwaitLebanonLicensing and registrationsMiddle EastMilitary operations and strategyMilitias and paramilitary groupsOil and gasOmanPolitical parties and affiliationProtest and dissentQatarRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsReligionRussiaSanctionsSmuggling and traffickingSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSyriaTariffsTelephone and wireless communicationTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanityWomen's rights
Stop the Killing in Syria Act
USA116th CongressHR-8931| House
| Updated: 12/21/2020
Stop the Killing in Syria Act This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against specified persons that assist or support Syria in malign activities and crimes against its own people, and it requires the Department of State to submit a strategy for removing the al-Assad regime from power and achieving a transition to a free and democratic Syria. Further, the bill prohibits any federal department or agency from recognizing any Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad or the legitimacy of Bashar al-Assad as President of Syria.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)
Joe Wilson
Republican Representative
South Carolina
Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AfricaAsiaAviation and airportsChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCustoms enforcementDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisaster relief and insuranceEconomic developmentEgyptExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFinancial services and investmentsFirearms and explosivesForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesHealth facilities and institutionsHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentIranIraqJordanKuwaitLebanonLicensing and registrationsMiddle EastMilitary operations and strategyMilitias and paramilitary groupsOil and gasOmanPolitical parties and affiliationProtest and dissentQatarRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsReligionRussiaSanctionsSmuggling and traffickingSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSyriaTariffsTelephone and wireless communicationTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanityWomen's rights