[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 82 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 82

 Expressing the sense of the Senate to urge the Clinton Administration 
 to enforce the provisions of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act 
    of 1992 with respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise 
                               missiles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 1997

    Mr. Bennett (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Helms, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
 Ashcroft, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. Brownback) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate to urge the Clinton Administration 
 to enforce the provisions of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act 
    of 1992 with respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise 
                               missiles.

Whereas the United States escort vessel U.S.S. Stark was struck by a cruise 
        missile, causing the death of 37 United States sailors;
Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import Export Corporation is 
        marketing the C-802 model cruise missile for use against escort vessels 
        such as the U.S.S. Stark;
Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import Export Corporation has 
        delivered 60 C-802 cruise missiles to Iran for use by vessels of the 
        Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy;
Whereas Iran is acquiring land batteries to launch C-802 cruise missiles which 
        will provide its armed forces with a weapon of greater range, 
        reliability, accuracy, and mobility than before;
Whereas 15,000 members of the United States Armed Forces are stationed within 
        range of the C-802 cruise missiles being acquired by Iran;
Whereas the Department of State believes that ``[t]hese cruise missiles pose 
        new, direct threats to deployed United States forces'';
Whereas the delivery of cruise missiles to Iran is a violation of the Iran-Iraq 
        Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and
Whereas the Clinton Administration ``has concluded at present that the known 
        types [of C-802 cruise missiles] are not of a destabilizing number and 
        type'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate urges the Clinton Administration to 
enforce the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) with respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 model 
cruise missiles or to carry out an alternative policy that would 
address such acquisition in a manner similar to that provided for in 
that Act.
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