To require the President or his designee to certify whether the Government of Syria is meeting certain conditions following repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019.

SA 3899. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr.
Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) to the bill S. 2296, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 6211 of division E, insert the
following:
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for the
following 4 years, the President or his designee shall submit
to Congress an unclassified report, with a classified annex
if necessary, that certifies whether the Government of
Syria--
(1) has committed itself to the goal of eliminating the
threat posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups and has
worked in partnership with the United States to join as a
member of the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS;
(2) is making progress in providing security for religious
and ethnic minorities in Syria and includes representation
from religious and ethnic minorities in the government;
(3) is not taking unilateral, unprovoked military action
against its neighbors, including the State of Israel, and
continues to make progress towards international security
agreements, as appropriate;
(4) is not knowingly financing, assisting (monetarily or
through weapons transfers), or harboring individuals or
groups (including foreign terrorist organizations and
specially designated global terrorists) that are harmful to
the national security of the United States or allies and
partners of the United States in the region;
(5) has removed, or has taken steps to remove, foreign
fighters from senior roles in the Government of Syria,
including those in the state and security institutions of
Syria; and
(6) is in the process of investigating and has committed to
prosecuting those that have committed serious abuses of
internationally recognized human rights since December 8,
2024, including those responsible for the massacre of
religious minorities.
(c) Notification to the Government of Syria.--The President
or his designee shall inform the Government of Syria of the
findings of the report required under subsection (b).
(d) Sense of Congress on Reimposition of Sanctions.--If the
President or his designee is unable to make an affirmative
certification under subsection (b) for two consecutive
reporting periods, it is the sense of Congress that sanctions
under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 (title
LXXIV of division F of Public Law 116-92; 22 U.S.C. 8791
note) should be reimposed and remain in effect until the
President or his designee makes an affirmative certification
under subsection (b).
______