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112TH CONGRESS2D SESSION S.

llTo require the President to report to Congress on issues related to Syria.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. CORKER (for himself and Mr. WEBB) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee onllllllllll

A BILL

To require the President to report to Congress on issues

related to Syria.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.3

(a) REPORT ON OPPOSITION GROUPS.4

(1) IN GENERAL.Not later than 15 days after5

the date of the enactment of this Act, the President6

shall submit to Congress a report describing in de-7

tail all the known opposition groups, both inde-8

pendent and state-sponsored, inside and outside of9

Syria, operating directly or indirectly to oppose the10

Government of Syria.11

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(2) CONTENT.The report required under1

paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:2

(A) An assessment of the current military3

capacity of opposition forces.4

(B) An assessment of the ability of opposi-5

tion forces inside and outside of Syria to estab-6

lish military and political activities impacting7

Syria, together with a practicable timetable for8

accomplishing these objectives.9

(C) An assessment of the ability of any of10

the opposition groups to establish effective mili-11

tary and political control in Syria.12

(D) A description of the composition and13

political agenda of each of the known opposition14

groups inside and outside of Syria, and an as-15

sessment of the degree to which such groups16

represent the views of the people of Syria as a17

whole.18

(E) A description of the financial resources19

currently available to opposition groups and20

known potential sources of continued financing.21

(F) An assessment of the relationship be-22

tween each of the Syrian opposition groups and23

the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, Hezbollah,24

Hamas, and any other groups that have pro-25

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moted an agenda that would negatively impact1

United States national interests.2

(b) REPORT ONWEAPONS STOCKPILES.3

(1) IN GENERAL.Not later than 30 days after4

the date of the enactment of this Act, the President5

shall submit to Congress an assessment of the size6

and security of conventional and non-conventional7

weapons stockpiles in Syria.8

(2) CONTENT.The report required under9

paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:10

(A) A description of who has or may have11

access to the stockpiles.12

(B) A description of the sources and types13

of weapons flowing from outside Syria to both14

government and opposition forces.15

(c) FORM.The reports required by this section may16

be submitted in a classified form, but shall include an un-17

classified summary.18