§8795 Termination

Summary

All rules and penalties in this subchapter stop when the President sends two certifications to the appropriate congressional committees. One certification must say that the items listed below are true. The other must say that Syria now has either a democratically elected, representative government or a legitimate transitional government. The required certification covers seven things: Syria has unconditionally freed all political prisoners; it has stopped violence, unlawful detention, torture, and abuse of people engaged in peaceful politics; it has stopped getting or using technology to block or monitor unbiased information or to limit free expression; it no longer supports foreign terrorist groups and does not allow groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to operate there; it has stopped developing medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles; it is not pursuing biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons and has given credible assurances it will not do so; and it has agreed to let the United Nations and other international observers verify these facts. If the President first certifies that a democratic or transitional government is in place, he may suspend the sanctions for up to 180 days to allow time to submit the full certification described above.