[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 469 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 469

  Calling on Iran to immediately fulfill its nuclear nonproliferation 
                  obligations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2006

Mr. Hastings of Florida submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
     which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Calling on Iran to immediately fulfill its nuclear nonproliferation 
                  obligations, and for other purposes.

Whereas on July 31, 2006, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 
        1696 in a vote of 14-1, requesting that Iran suspend all uranium 
        enrichment and reprocessing activities, including research and 
        development, within one month or face economic and diplomatic sanctions 
        under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter;
Whereas the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Javad Zarif, immediately 
        rejected the terms of Security Council Resolution 1696;
Whereas on August 1, 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also rejected 
        the terms of Security Council Resolution 1696, insisting that Tehran 
        would continue to pursue its nuclear program;
Whereas Iran also has refused United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's 
        diplomatic efforts for Iran to comply with Security Council Resolution 
        1696;
Whereas compliance by Iran with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
        Board of Governors' requirements relating to nuclear nonproliferation 
        would contribute to a diplomatic, negotiated solution that would ensure 
        Iran's nuclear program was carried out solely for peaceful purposes;
Whereas Iran is a non-nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) signed on July 1, 1968, under 
        which Iran is obligated, pursuant to Article II of the Treaty, ``not to 
        receive the transfer from any transferor whatsoever of nuclear weapons 
        or other nuclear explosive devices or of control over such weapons or 
        explosive devices directly, or indirectly; not to manufacture or 
        otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; 
        and not to seek or receive any assistance in the manufacture of nuclear 
        weapons or other nuclear explosive devices'';
Whereas on June 19, 1973, Iran signed the Agreement Between Iran and the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in 
        Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
        (NPT Safeguards Agreement), which requires Iran to report the 
        importation and use of nuclear material, to declare nuclear facilities, 
        and to accept safeguards on nuclear materials and activities to ensure 
        that such materials and activities are not diverted to any military 
        purpose and are used for peaceful purposes and activities;
Whereas since January 1984, Iran has been identified by the Department of State 
        as one of the most active state sponsors of terrorism and has remained 
        close to achieving nuclear weapon capabilities;
Whereas the Government of Iran concealed major aspects of its nuclear program 
        from the IAEA and the international community for nearly two decades 
        until they were revealed in 2002;
Whereas since February 2003, the Government of Iran has consistently misled the 
        United Nations, the IAEA, the European Union 3--the United Kingdom, 
        France, and Germany--(EU-3), and the United States of the goals and 
        extent of its nuclear program and has not been held accountable for 
        these treaty violations;
Whereas after more than three years, the IAEA is still concerned about the 
        existing lack of knowledge of Iran's nuclear program and the inability 
        to provide reassurance about Iran's nuclear material and activities;
Whereas on September 24, 2005, the IAEA passed a resolution finding Iran in 
        noncompliance with the NPT Safeguards Agreement;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council called on Iran to comply with the 
        IAEA resolution, and in response, Iran indicated it would not comply 
        with the IAEA resolution and would continue its nuclear enrichment 
        activities;
Whereas on January 3, 2006, Iran broke IAEA seals at its uranium enrichment 
        facility at Natanz, and announced it would continue uranium ``research'' 
        activities at the facility, which are constructed partially underground, 
        and therefore raise concerns about Iran's true intentions;
Whereas in the IAEA Director General's report of February 27, 2006, many 
        remaining concerns were listed regarding Iran's nuclear program and the 
        IAEA declared it was unable to conclude that Iran was not pursuing 
        nuclear activities;
Whereas on April 11, 2006, Iran announced its decision to resume and expand its 
        activities of enrichment of uranium and continued to suspend its 
        cooperation with the IAEA under the NPT Safeguards Agreement;
Whereas on June 6, 2006, the EU-3, Russia, China, and the United States offered 
        Iran a new negotiating proposal, providing incentives and disincentives 
        if Iran would, in return, suspend enrichment- and reprocessing-related 
        activities, resume implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement, and 
        fully cooperate with the IAEA;
Whereas Iran has refused this offer as presented;
Whereas on July 15, 2006, Iran carried out the second test firing of the 1,350 
        km-range ballistic missile named Shehab-3 which is capable of reaching 
        Israel;
Whereas Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is a direct threat to international 
        peace and security;
Whereas the regime in Iran has clearly and publicly stated the intent behind its 
        nuclear program, including calling for Israel to be ``wiped off the 
        map'' at a conference titled ``A World without Zionism'' held in October 
        2005 in Tehran;
Whereas the regime in Iran openly funds and supports terrorist organizations and 
        Islamic militias in Iraq, the Palestinian territories, the Persian Gulf 
        states, and Lebanon and thus is deliberately attempting to foster 
        instability in these countries and regions;
Whereas Iran is deliberately trying to deflect attention away from its nuclear 
        activities by funding and training terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah, 
        which initiated the current conflict against Israel; and
Whereas if Iran continues to pretend to pursue negotiating tactics with the 
        United States and other countries and international organizations while 
        at the same time building its nuclear program, Iran will eventually 
        possess deadly nuclear capabilities to the detriment of the global 
        community: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms Iran's 
        repeated failure to fulfill its nuclear nonproliferation 
        obligations;
            (2) calls on the United Nations Security Council and all 
        civilized nations to equally condemn Iran for violations of its 
        nuclear nonproliferation obligations;
            (3) calls on the United Nations Security Council and all 
        civilized nations to also condemn Iran for its stated desire to 
        use its nuclear capabilities to ensure Israel is ``wiped off 
        the map'', and other anti-Semitic statements and policies 
        pursued by the Iranian Government;
            (4) demands that Iran halt all enrichment-related and 
        reprocessing activities, including research and development;
            (5) expresses its support of the role of the Board of 
        Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and 
        its efforts to settle all remaining nonproliferation issues 
        with respect to Iran;
            (6) calls on all members of the United Nations Security 
        Council to remain focused on Iran's noncompliance of its 
        obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 
        1696 (July 31, 2006) and if such noncompliance continues to 
        apply appropriate multilateral sanctions against Iran as called 
        for in such Resolution; and
            (7) calls on the Bush administration to implement and 
        exhaust every diplomatic and economic sanction at its disposal 
        to ultimately ensure that the Government of Iran thoroughly and 
        expediently abandons its nuclear activities and complies with 
        its nuclear nonproliferation obligations.
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