[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 322 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                     November 13, 1997.
Whereas at the conclusion of the Gulf War the United States and the United 
        Nations, acting through the Security Council, determined to find and 
        destroy all of Iraq's capability to produce chemical, biological, and 
        nuclear weapons and its ability to produce missiles capable of 
        delivering such weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas in pursuit of this goal, the United Nations set up a special 
        multinational commission of experts to oversee the completion of this 
        task (the United Nations Special Commission--UNSCOM), and that task 
        could and should have been accomplished within a matter of months if 
        Iraq had cooperated with United Nations officials;
Whereas sanctions were imposed upon Iraq to insure its compliance with United 
        Nations directives to eliminate its capability to produce weapons of 
        mass destruction;
Whereas for 6\1/2\ years Iraq has pursued a policy of deception, lies, 
        concealment, harassment, and intimidation in a deliberate effort to 
        hamper the work of UNSCOM in eliminating Iraq's ability to produce and 
        deliver weapons of mass destruction; and
Whereas recently the Government of Iraq has escalated its policy of 
        noncompliance and continues to breach in a material way United Nations 
        Security Council resolutions by refusing to permit United States 
        citizens who are recognized specialists to participate as members of 
        UNSCOM teams in carrying out in Iraq actions to implement Security 
        Council resolutions: Now, therefore, be it
    That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
            (1) the current crisis regarding Iraq should be resolved peacefully 
        through diplomatic means but in a manner which assures full Iraqi 
        compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding 
        the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of 
        mass destruction;
            (2) in the event that military means are necessary to compel Iraqi 
        compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions, such 
        military action should be undertaken with the broadest feasible 
        multinational support, preferably pursuant to a decision of the United 
        Nations Security Council; and
            (3) if it is necessary, however, the United States should take 
        military action unilaterally to compel Iraqi compliance with United 
        Nations Security Council resolutions.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.