[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 118 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 118

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding proliferation of missile 
                    technology from Russia to Iran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1997

  Ms. Harman submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding proliferation of missile 
                    technology from Russia to Iran.

Whereas there is substantial evidence in support of allegations that 
        nongovernmental entities in the Russian Federation have provided missile 
        technology and technical advice to Iran, in violation of the Missile 
        Technology Control Regime;
Whereas these violations include providing assistance to Iran in developing 
        ballistic missiles, including the transfer of wind tunnel and rocket 
        engine testing equipment;
Whereas these technologies give Iran the capability to deploy a missile of 
        sufficient range to threaten United States military installations in the 
        Middle East and Persian Gulf, as well as the territory of Israel, and 
        our North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally Turkey; and
Whereas President Clinton has raised with Russian President Boris Yeltsin United 
        States concerns about these activities and the Russian response has to 
        date been inadequate: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the President should demand that the Government of 
        Russia take concrete actions to stop nongovernmental entities 
        in the Russian Federation from providing missile technology and 
        technical advice to Iran, in violation of the Missile 
        Technology Control Regime;
            (2) in the absence of such actions, the United States 
        should impose sanctions on the responsible Russian entities in 
        accordance with Executive Order 12938 on the Proliferation of 
        Weapons of Mass Destruction, and reassess cooperative 
        activities with Russia;
            (3) the threshold under current law allowing for the waiver 
        of the prohibition on the release of foreign assistance to 
        Russia should be raised; and
            (4) our European allies should be encouraged to take steps 
        in accordance with their own laws to stop such proliferation.

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