Syria Accountability Act
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The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act (SALSRA,Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108ā175 (text) (PDF)) is a bill of the United States Congress passed into law on December 12, 2003.
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Long title | Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | SALSRA |
Enacted by | the 108th United States Congress |
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The bill's stated purpose is to end what the United States sees as Syrian support for terrorism, to end Syria's presence in Lebanon, which has been in effect since the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, to stop Syria's alleged development of WMDs, to cease Syria's illegal importation of Iraqi oil and to end illegal shipments of military items to anti-US forces in Iraq.
The bill was sponsored by Representative Eliot L. Engel (D) from New York and was introduced April 12, 2003.