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HR 4427 Cleared committee

Requires a review of Treasury banking relief for the Commercial Bank of Syria and changes the conditions, renewal periods, and sunset date for U.S. sanctions on the Government of Syria under the Caesar Act.

Official title: Syria Sanctions Accountability Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 16-JUL-2025
Referred 16-JUL-2025
Approved by committee 22-JUL-2025
Key points
  • Requires the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to brief Congress within 360 days on its May 23, 2025 exceptive relief for the Commercial Bank of Syria and whether to continue it.
  • Directs U.S. executive directors at the IMF and World Bank to support Syrian economic data reporting, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption technical assistance, and an economic growth strategy, with this section ending 2 years after enactment.
  • Requires the Export-Import Bank chairman to decide within 180 days whether any country limitation on Syria is appropriate.
  • Removes the 180-day renewal limits on Caesar Act waivers, replaces the four existing conditions for sanctions relief with new ones, adds Captagon and religious minority criteria, and ends the title on the earlier of 30 days after a presidential report that Syria has met the criteria for 2 consecutive years or December 31, 2029.
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International Affairs

Sponsor Michael Lawler (R-NY) Cosponsors · 0

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