22 U.S.C. § 8792: Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses

each person on the list required by subsection (b); and is a successor entity to a person on the list; owns or controls a person on the list, if the person that owns or controls the person on the list had actual knowledge or should have known that the person on the list engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list; or is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person on the list, if the person owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with (as the case may be), the person on the list knowingly engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included in the list. Not later than 120 days after August 10, 2012 , the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after August 10, 2012 . transfers, or facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) to Syria; or provides services with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C) after such goods or technologies are transferred to Syria. A person engages in an activity described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after August 10, 2012 . firearms or ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18 ), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance technology; or sensitive technology. to restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Syria. The term “sensitive technology” does not include information or informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 1702(b)(3) of title 50 . the person is no longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping, the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise have included the person on the list; and the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any activity described in paragraph (2) in the future. not later than 300 days after August 10, 2012 , and every 180 days thereafter; and as new information becomes available. The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.