[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 162 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 162

 Expressing the sense of Congress that the ongoing nuclear efforts of 
   the Islamic Republic of Iran constitute a threat to the national 
 security of the United States and to international peace and security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2005

  Mr. Saxton (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Towns, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Akin, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Burton 
 of Indiana, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. McCotter) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that the ongoing nuclear efforts of 
   the Islamic Republic of Iran constitute a threat to the national 
 security of the United States and to international peace and security.

Whereas inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iran 
        have revealed significant undeclared activities, including a uranium 
        enrichment facility at Natanz, which could be used to enrich uranium for 
        nuclear weapons;
Whereas since January 1984, Iran has been identified by the Department of State 
        as the most active state sponsor of terrorism and is close to achieving 
        nuclear weapons capability but has not been held accountable for nearly 
        twenty years of deception with respect to its nuclear program;
Whereas the Iranian Ministry of Defense confirmed in July 2003 that it had 
        successfully conducted the final test of the Shahab-3 missile, giving 
        Iran an operational intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of 
        striking both Israel and United States troops throughout the Middle East 
        and Afghanistan;
Whereas on May 9, 2005, the Islamic Republic of Iran confirmed that it had 
        converted 37 tons of raw uranium into gas shortly before its declared 
        suspension of enrichment activities in November 2004;
Whereas Mohammad Saeedi, the Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of 
        Iran, has confirmed that such conversion would produce material that, if 
        further processed, could be fed into centrifuges for enrichment;
Whereas these actions bring Iran even closer to producing weapons-grade uranium;
Whereas Iranian officials have announced the intention of the Government of Iran 
        to resume some of its uranium processing activities in response to the 
        current diplomatic impasse in its ongoing negotiations with Germany, 
        France, and the United Kingdom, otherwise known as the EU-3;
Whereas since February 2003, the Government of Iran has consistently misled the 
        United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the EU-3, and 
        the United States as to the objectives and scope of its nuclear 
        activities;
Whereas the efforts put forth by the EU-3 have not succeeded in persuading Iran 
        to end its nuclear acquisition efforts; and
Whereas a nuclear armed Iran would dramatically alter the balance of power in 
        the Middle East to the detriment of the United States and its allies: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the acquisition of nuclear weapon capabilities by the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran would constitute a threat to the 
        national security of the United States;
            (2) the acquisition of nuclear weapon capabilities by Iran 
        would constitute a threat to international peace and security;
            (3) the European diplomatic effort to urge Iran to abandon 
        its nuclear aspirations through economic incentives has not 
        yielded definitive results; and
            (4) the President should urge the Director General of the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran's 
        noncompliance with its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to the United Nations Security 
        Council in the event that negotiations fail between Iran and 
        the European Union.
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