; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 105. Assistance to the people of Syria (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Government of Syria is in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria and that the Government of the Russian Federation is complicit in the humanitarian crisis in Syria because of its failure to enforce those Resolutions. (b) Authority The President is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to furnish, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, assistance in order to— (1) provide enhanced support for humanitarian activities taking place in and outside Syria, including the provision of food, shelter, water, health care, medical supplies, livelihoods, education, and other services and support, as appropriate; (2) promote humanitarian access to populations in need; (3) support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria as well as the establishment of an inclusive representative form of government in Syria; (4) build the capacity of legitimate local councils and leaders inside Syria to provide basic services to Syrian people in territory liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; (5) continue to encourage the participation of all groups, including women, business leaders, civil society organizations, traditional and religious leaders, and minority groups in efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and political transition in Syria