Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act

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The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act is a 2003 U.S. law that imposed sanctions on Syria and demanded an end to its military and political interference in Lebanon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
sanctions legislation ⓘ
affects U.S. trade with Syria ⓘ
aimsTo pressure Syria to change regional policies ⓘ
appliesTo Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Syria
authorizes President of the United States to impose additional sanctions on Syria ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
conditionForLiftingSanctions Syria ceasing development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
Syria ceasing transfer of weapons to terrorist organizations ⓘ
Syria ending support for terrorism ⓘ
Syria withdrawing all military and intelligence personnel from Lebanon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
enactmentYear 2003 ⓘ
focusesOn Lebanon ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Middle East peace process ⓘ
post-9/11 U.S. counterterrorism strategy ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
motivatedBy Syrian presence in Lebanon after the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
Syrian support for Hezbollah ⓘ
Syrian support for Palestinian militant groups ⓘ
policyArea economic sanctions ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
primaryPurpose to halt Syrian development of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
to halt Syrian occupation and interference in Lebanon ⓘ
to halt Syrian support for terrorism ⓘ
to hold Syria accountable for its actions in Lebanon and support for terrorism ⓘ
to restore Lebanese sovereignty ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 108-175 ⓘ
relatedTo Lebanese sovereignty ⓘ
Syrian occupation of Lebanon ⓘ
U.S. foreign policy toward Syria ⓘ
U.S.–Syria relations ⓘ
counterterrorism policy of the United States ⓘ
requires imposition of sanctions on Syria ⓘ
requiresReportsFrom President of the United States ⓘ
requiresReportsTo United States Congress ⓘ
sanctionType export restrictions ⓘ
prohibition on certain U.S. exports to Syria ⓘ
restrictions on Syrian aircraft in U.S. airspace ⓘ
restrictions on transactions in property of the Syrian government ⓘ
shortName Syria Accountability Act ⓘ
signedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
signingDate 2003-12-12 ⓘ
sponsorType bipartisan legislation ⓘ
targets Syrian government ⓘ

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Syria–United States relations → notableEvent → Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act ⓘ
Syria–United States relations → usSanctionsLegislation → Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act ⓘ
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act → shortName → Syria Accountability Act ⓘ
linked to: Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act