Expressing concern over the disappearance of Austin Tice, and for other purposes.

expresses its ongoing concern about the disappearance of Austin Tice in Damascus, Syria, in August 2012;

encourages the Department of State and the intelligence community to jointly continue investigations and to consider all plausible explanations for Austin's disappearance;

urges the Department of State and the intelligence community to coordinate investigations with the Syrian Arab Republic government and solicit information from appropriate regional affairs and law enforcement experts on plausible explanations for Austin's disappearance;

encourages the Department of State to work with foreign governments known to have diplomatic influence with the Government of Syria;

encourages the intelligence community to assess the possibility of the involvement of the Government of Syria in Austin Tice's disappearance and to possibly seek his recovery; and

requests that the Department of State and the intelligence community continue to work with and inform Congress and the family of Austin Tice on efforts to possibly recover Austin and to resolve his disappearance.