Summary

GAO reviewed the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security's new rule entitled "General Order Implementing Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act of 2003." GAO found that (1) the rule would require a prohibition on the export to Syria of all items on the Commerce Control List pursuant to the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act of 2003 (the SAA), which also requires that the President impose two or more of the six additional sanctions set forth in the SAA; and (2) Commerce complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule.