[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 523 Engrossed in House (EH)]


H. Res. 523

                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                      October 28, 2005.
Whereas on October 26, 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran, declared that ``Israel must be wiped off the map'', 
        described Israel as ``a disgraceful blot [on] the face of the Islamic 
        world'', and declared that ``[a]nybody who recognizes Israel will burn 
        in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury'';
Whereas Iran funds, trains, and openly supports terrorist groups that are 
        determined to destroy Israel;
Whereas on December 14, 2001, the President of Iran's highly influential 
        Expediency Council, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, threatened Israel with 
        nuclear attack, saying, ``[i]f one day, the Islamic world is also 
        equipped with weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the 
        imperialists' strategy will reach a standstill because the use of even 
        one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything [in Israel], 
        while it will merely harm the Islamic world'';
Whereas Iran has aggressively pursued a clandestine effort to arm itself with 
        nuclear weapons; and
Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime aimed at destroying the 
        democratic state of Israel, highlighted by statements such as those by 
        Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani, underscores the danger of an Iran armed with 
        nuclear weapons: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns, in the strongest terms, Ahmadinejad's 
        outrageous and despicable threats and demands that he repudiate 
        them;
            (2) calls on the United Nations Security Council and all 
        civilized nations to condemn and reject these statements and to 
        censure Iran for its statements and for its policies aimed at 
        destroying Israel;
            (3) further calls on the United Nations Security Council 
        and all civilized nations to consider measures to deny Iran the 
        means to carry out its threats and to prevent Iran from 
        acquiring nuclear weapons; and
            (4) reaffirms the unwavering alliance between the United 
        States and Israel and reasserts the commitment of the United 
        States to defend the right of Israel to exist as a free and 
        democratic state.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.