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22 U.S.C. § 8785 — Rule of construction with respect to use of force against Iran and Syria
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Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of force against Iran or Syria.
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Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of force against Iran or Syria.
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**(a) In general** The provisions of this subchapter and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this subchapter shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—
(1) the certification described in subsection (b); and
(2) a certification that—
(A) the Government of Syria is democratically elected and representative of the people of Syria; or
(B) a legitimate transitional government of Syria is in place.
**(b) Certification described** A certification described in this subsection is a certification by the President that the Government of Syria—
(1) has unconditionally released all political prisoners;
(2) has ceased its practices of violence, unlawful detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in peaceful political activity;
(3) has ceased its practice of procuring sensitive technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the right of citizens of Syria to freedom of expression;
(4) has ceased providing support for foreign terrorist organizations and no longer allows such organizations, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in territory under the control of the Government of Syria; and
(5) has ceased the development and deployment of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles;
(6) is not pursuing or engaged in the research, development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided credible assurances that it will not engage in such activities in the future; and
(7) has agreed to allow the United Nations and other international observers to verify that the Government of Syria is not engaging
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8785
tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, which is clas-
sified principally to this chapter. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 8701 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR SPECIFIC ACTS
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XII, § 1284, Dec. 20, 2019, 133
Stat. 1708, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see Ta-
bles for classification], or any amendment made by this
Act, may be construed to authorize the use of military
force, including the use of military force against Iran
or any other country.’’
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XII, § 1295, Aug. 13, 2018,
132 Stat. 2088, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see
Tables for classification] may be construed to author-
ize the use of force against Iran or North Korea.’’
Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, § 1235, Nov. 25, 2015, 129
Stat. 1059, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see Ta-
bles for classification] shall be construed as author-
izing the use of force against Iran.’’
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XII, § 1279, Dec. 19, 2014,
128 Stat. 3593, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see
Tables for classification] shall be construed as author-
izing the use of force against Iran.’’
Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, § 1252, Dec. 26, 2013, 127
Stat. 926, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see Ta-
bles for classification] shall be construed as author-
izing the use of force against Syria or Iran.’’
Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1234, Jan. 2, 2013, 126
Stat. 2004, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [see Ta-
bles for classification] shall be construed as author-
izing the use of force against Iran.’’
§ 8785. Termination
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