This bill would strengthen existing sanctions—and impose new sanctions—on entities determined to be facilitating the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Specifically, new sanctions would be placed on financial institutions doing business with the Syrian government. (In his statement introducing the bill, Blumenthal specifically mentioned the Russian banks, VTB, VEB, and Gazprombank.) The bill would also place sanctions on individuals doing business with the Syrian government, specifically arms dealers. Finally, the bill would require the president to provide a list of individuals who would be subject to new sanctions: abusers of human rights in Syria and their enablers, those complicit in the proliferation of chemical weapons in Syria, and senior Syrian officials or others with investments in the Syrian government.
3 cosponsors (2R, 1D).
Last major action: 11/14/13 referred to Senate Cmte. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.