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Syria sanctions repeal
Data as of October 9, 2026
From the official record
Placed on the Senate calendar. It can be called up any day the Senate is in session.
What Congress is deciding
AIAI-decoded
Should the United States repeal two more of its Syria sanctions laws? One law is already gone: Congress repealed the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 in the fiscal 2026 defense law (Public Law 119-60, section 8369), signed December 18, 2025. S. 3172 is a different bill. It repeals two older laws: the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 and the Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012. The Foreign Relations Committee reported it without changes, and on July 27, 2026, it was placed on the Senate calendar (Calendar No. 501). It has had no action since, and there is no vote date on the record. If the Senate passes it, it goes to the House.
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Summary updated September 24, 2026.
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Bill would repeal two long-standing US sanctions laws on Syria
Placed on the Senate calendar. It can be called up any day the Senate is in session.
A yes vote repeals the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 and the Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012. A no vote leaves both laws in place. The bill does not touch the Caesar Act, which Congress already repealed in December 2025. It sits on the Senate calendar (Calendar No. 501) with no vote date on the record.
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Where it stands · October 1, 2026
The latest action in the official record on this measure is dated July 27, 2026.
How this summary has changed (7)
AIAI-drafted from the public record
As of September 24, 2026
S. 3172 stands where it has stood for the last 14 days: the bill was placed on the floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. No votes, amendments, or committee actions were recorded in this window. The measure remains available for floor consideration, but the record does not show a scheduled date for that to happen. Anyone tracking this bill will find the calendar placement as the most recent official step. There is nothing further to report from the record at this time. The status has not changed since it was last updated.
Rewritten because 7 days had passed since the last version
As of September 17, 2026
S. 3172 stands where it has stood: placed on the floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. Nothing new has been recorded on this bill in the last 14 days. The measure remains available for a floor vote, but no vote, debate, or other floor activity appears in the official record beyond its placement on the calendar. No committee action, amendment, or scheduling update has been logged in this window either. Readers tracking S. 3172 should expect the current entry to hold until the official record shows a new action, at which point the calendar placement will no longer be the most recent update.
Rewritten because 7 days had passed since the last version
As of September 10, 2026
The most current fact: S. 3172 was placed on the floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. Over the last 14 days, nothing was recorded in the official record for this measure. The bill remains where it stood before this window, sitting on the calendar without a scheduled or completed floor vote noted in the record. No new committee action, amendment, or roll call appears for this period. Anyone tracking this measure will find its status unchanged from the prior update, with the calendar placement as the last official marker on file.
Rewritten because 11 days had passed since the last version
As of August 30, 2026
The most current fact on S. 3172 is where it already sits: the bill was placed on the floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. Nothing new has entered the record in the last 14 days. There is no scheduled vote, no committee action, and no other step to report in this window. The bill remains at that same point on the calendar, with no change in its position since it was placed there. Anyone tracking this measure will find the record unchanged from the prior update, with the floor calendar listing as the last official entry tied to its status.
Rewritten because 7 days had passed since the last version
As of August 23, 2026
The Senate's question on S. 3172 sits where it has sat for the last two weeks. The bill was placed on the floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. No committee votes, no floor votes, and no procedural moves on this measure appear in the record over the past 14 days. There is nothing further to report because nothing further was recorded. The bill remains on the calendar awaiting scheduling, with no new entry from either chamber changing its position. Readers watching for movement will see the same status as before, unchanged in the official record during this period, with no additional action logged.
Rewritten because 7 days had passed since the last version
As of August 16, 2026
S. 3172 sits on the floor calendar. The bill was placed there, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. Nothing was recorded on this measure in the last fourteen days. That means the calendar placement remains the last update available in the official record. No committee vote, floor vote, or roll-call tally has been logged beyond that placement. Readers looking for the bill's text, sponsor information, or committee history can consult the official record directly, since no further action appears there. Until the record shows a new entry, the floor calendar listing is the full and current status of S. 3172, with no additional votes, amendments, or scheduling actions to report at this time.
Rewritten because 7 days had passed since the last version
As of August 9, 2026
S. 3172 sits on the Senate floor calendar. On July 27, 2026, the Committee on Foreign Relations reported the bill without amendment, without a written report, with Senator Risch handling the report. The same day, the bill was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders as Calendar No. 501. No other floor action has occurred on S. 3172 in the last 14 days. The bill has not received a floor vote. There is no roll-call tally to report at this stage, since the measure has not reached a vote on the Senate floor. Its position remains listing on the calendar awaiting further Senate action.
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October 9, 2026Nothing recorded yet today.
September 26 – October 8, 2026Nothing recorded across 13 days.
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