§9528 Sanctions with Respect to the Transfer of Arms and Related Materiel to Syria

Summary

The President must put sanctions on any foreign person who, on or after August 2, 2017, knowingly gave Syria significant financial, material, or technological help that clearly increases Syria’s ability to get or make weapons or related technology. That help includes things like chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or tech; ballistic or cruise missiles; large amounts of advanced conventional arms; important defense items, services, or information; or items listed on the U.S. Munitions List. The rule also applies to successor companies, owners, controllers, or people acting for such a person. The penalties let the President use the powers in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to block and prohibit all transactions in the person’s property if the property is in the United States, comes into the United States, or is held or controlled by a U.S. person. If the sanctioned person is an individual, the State Department must deny a visa and Homeland Security must bar entry, and any visas already issued must be revoked immediately and cancel any other valid visas. The President can waive these sanctions if it is in the national security interest of the United States, subject to section 9511. Definitions: “financial, material, or technological support” (see 31 C.F.R. 542.304); “foreign person” (see 31 C.F.R. 594.304); “Syria” (see 31 C.F.R. 542.316).