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Stop the Killing in Syria Act

Introduced: December 10, 2020 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Dec 21, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)
Dec 10, 2020
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.
Dec 10, 2020
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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.

What's happening now December 21, 2020

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8931: Stop the Killing in Syria Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8931/
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"H.R. 8931: Stop the Killing in Syria Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8931/.
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H.R. 8931, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8931/.
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[H.R. 8931: Stop the Killing in Syria Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8931/)
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