; or (B) any Syrian person added after April 28, 2011, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, to the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. (2) Exception for humanitarian transactions The President may not impose sanctions under paragraph (1) on a foreign financial institution for engaging in a transaction with the Central Bank of Syria for the sale of food, medicine, medical devices, donations intended to relieve human suffering, or non-lethal aid to the people of Syria. (3) Applicability Paragraph (1) applies with respect to financial transactions commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) Waiver (A) In general The President may waive the application of paragraph (1) with respect to a foreign financial institution for a period of not more than 180 days, and may renew that waiver for additional periods of not more than 180 days, if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the waiver is necessary to the national security interest of the United States. (B) Form A report submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. (b) Termination of sanctions (1) In general The requirements under subsection (a) to impose sanctions shall no longer have force or effect with respect to Syria if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the termination of such sanctions is in the national security interest of the United States. (2) Notification requirement Upon making the certification described in paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing— (A) the extent to which Bashar al-Assad or members of his regime control Syrian territory; (B) the existence and capability of a democratic transitional government to control Syrian territory and provide basic services to the Syrian people