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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

A bill to repeal certain Acts that impose sanctions upon Syria.

S. 3172 · Senate bill International Affairs

A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill proposes to repeal specific laws that impose sanctions on Syria. It targets the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 and the Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this favour talking over confrontation abroad?

    Repealing sanctions can facilitate diplomatic engagement with Syria.

  • Scored +4

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Business owners may benefit from the removal of trade restrictions and sanctions on Syria.

  • Scored +3

    Does this make trade with other countries easier?

    Removal of sanctions may reopen trade opportunities between the US and Syria.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Repealing existing federal statutes reduces the current scope of federal sanctions authority over Syria.