Protection of Syrian Religious and Ethnic Minorities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10827 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10827 To require the Secretary of State to submit a report identifying senior Syrian officials alleged to have facilitated certain human rights abuses, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 15, 2026 Mr. Mackenzie (for himself and Mr. Barrett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of State to submit a report identifying senior Syrian officials alleged to have facilitated certain human rights abuses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Syrian Religious and Ethnic Minorities Act''. SEC. 2. TARGETED ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES RELATING TO INTERIM SYRIAN AUTHORITIES. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the United States supports accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of persecution committed in Syria, including against religious and ethnic minority communities; (2) reports further indicate ongoing incidents of unlawful detention, ongoing sectarian violence fueled by unpunished hate speech targeting minorities, abduction of women and minors, collective termination from employment, enforced disappearances, intimidation leading to loss of private property and work, covert forced displacements, police abuse of power and