,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #i1 #bjag,ms4 
,lee 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4    
,capuano1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,pocan1   
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4    
,lewis of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4   
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4       
,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4          
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,raskin1   
and ,ms4 ,velzquez7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the deployment of  
members of the ,armed ,forces to ,syria 
for purposes of engaging in ground      
combat operations1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,prohibit ,expansion
 of ,u4,s4 ,combat ,troops into ,syria  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,united      
,states ground combat presence in ,syria
  7a7 ,prohibition ,except as provided  
in subsection 7b71 no funds authorized  
to be appropriated or otherwise made    

available for the ,department of        
,defense may be obligated or expended   
for the purpose of--  7#a7 deploying    
members of the ,united ,states ,armed   
,forces on to the ground of ,syria for  
the purposes of engaging in ground      
combat operations2  7#b7 awarding a     
contract to a private security          
contractor to conduct any activity on   
the ground of ,syria2 or  7#c7 otherwise
 establishing or maintaining any        
presence of members of the ,united      
,states ,armed ,forces or private       
security contractors on the ground of   
,syria1 unless the purpose of such      
presence is limited solely to rescuing  
or protecting members of the ,united    
,states ,armed ,forces from imminent    
danger4  7b7 ,exception ,the prohibition
 under subsection 7a7 does not apply to 
the deployment of ,united ,states ,armed
 ,forces to protect1 rescue1 or remove  
,united ,states personnel4