H.R. 3202Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023

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Sponsor: Joe Wilson [R-SC-02]
Cosponsors: 52 · 31 Republicans · 21 Democrats
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee · and 1 more
Latest action: Feb 26, 2024 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedMay 11, 2023
Passed the HouseFeb 14, 2024
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023

This bill prohibits federal officials or employees from taking any action to recognize a Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad. The bill also expands existing sanctions related to the Syrian conflict to cover additional activities and persons (individuals and entities).

Current law requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons engaged in certain activities related to the conflict in Syria. For example, such sanctions must be imposed on those that knowingly (1) are responsible for serious human rights abuses against the Syrian people, or (2) provide aircraft or spare aircraft parts for military purposes on behalf of the Syrian government to a foreign person operating in certain areas of Syria.

This bill expands the types of activities that would subject a foreign person to sanctions, including knowingly (1) providing any type of aircraft or spare aircraft parts to the Syrian government, (2) diverting humanitarian assistance intended for the Syrian people, or (3) confiscating property in Syria or owned by a Syrian citizen for personal gain or political purposes.

The bill also extends these sanctions to entities owned or controlled by a sanctioned person and to a sanctioned person's adult family members. Additionally, the bill removes an exception to the sanctions related to the importation of goods.

The Department of State must provide Congress with a strategy to counter foreign government efforts to normalize relations with the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3202 as introduced in House on May 11, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 49

House Feb 14, 2024

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

389 Yea 32 Nay 10 not voting

Crossed both parties 32 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 28 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic212 members

Republican219 members

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Cosponsors52 · 31 Republicans · 21 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3202 and vote against it. 7 signed when it was filed.

DVicente Gonzalez [D-TX-34]Original2026 profile

RMichael T. McCaul [R-TX-10]Original

RJ. French Hill [R-AR-02]Original2026 profile

DBrendan F. Boyle [D-PA-02]Original2026 profile

RAumua Amata Coleman Radewagen [R-AS-00]Original2026 profile

DSteve Cohen [D-TN-09]Original2026 profile

RCarlos A. Gimenez [R-FL-28]Original2026 profile

RMichael Lawler [R-NY-17]Joined May 16, 20232026 profile

DBrad Sherman [D-CA-32]Joined May 16, 20232026 profile

RAnna Paulina Luna [R-FL-13]Joined May 17, 20232026 profile

RClaudia Tenney [R-NY-24]Joined May 17, 20232026 profile

RDoug LaMalfa [R-CA-01]Joined May 17, 2023

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H.R. 3202Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 49

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors52 · 31 Republicans · 21 Democrats

H.R. 3202Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 49

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors52 · 31 Republicans · 21 Democrats

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