22 U.S.C. § 8793
Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 8793, Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458650
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The President shall impose sanctions described in section 8791(c) of this title with respect to each person on the list required by subsection (b).
Not later than 120 days after August 10, 2012, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have engaged in censorship, or activities relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by citizens of Syria.
The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—
The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012House: 410–11Senate: no recorded tally