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Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 · Pub. L. 116-92 · sec. 7413(a)

Strategy Relating to Areas of Syria in Which Civilians Are Subject to Forced Displacement

Not publicly verifiableStrategy or plan
Deadline
One-time deadline passedJune 17, 2020
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
President
Recipients
House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations (term defined in div. F, sec. 7413)
Enacted
Dec. 20, 2019
Location
Division F, Title LXXIV, Subtitle A

Sec. 7438 set a 5-year sunset; Pub. L. 118-159, sec. 5123, moved it to Dec. 31, 2029; Pub. L. 119-60, sec. 8369(a), repealed the act on Dec. 18, 2025.

Statutory Text

(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall—

(1) identify the areas described in subsection (b); and

(2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy described in subsection (c).

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 116-92 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

  1. Enacted Dec. 20, 2019 (Pub. L. 116-92).
  2. Text: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Dec. 20, 2019 + 180 days = June 17, 2020.
  3. Act repealed by Pub. L. 119-60, sec. 8369(a) (Dec. 18, 2025); no deadline falls after that date.
  4. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on June 17, 2020.

Delivery Status

Not publicly verifiable

Public Evidence

  • No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

  • GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 116-92 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • Federal Register API: phrase “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act”: 8 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

A status of “Reported late by GAO, committee or agency” appears only with a linked GAO, committee or agency statement. Reports sent only to committees, or in classified form, leave no public trace; their absence here is not evidence of a missed deadline.

Review

  • Machine-extracted by rule from the public law text; awaiting named human review.

Cite the provision National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, div. F, tit. LXXIV (Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019), Pub. L. No. 116-92, § 7413(a), 133 Stat. 1198 (2019).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Strategy Relating to Areas of Syria in Which Civilians Are Subject to Forced Displacement,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl116-92-df-s7413-a.html.