IV 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 164 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2009 Mr. Royce (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Manzullo) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning Pakistan’s release of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan from house arrest.

Whereas Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former director of A.Q. Khan Research Laboratory in Pakistan and a founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, established and operated an illicit international nuclear proliferation network, also known as the Khan nuclear proliferation network, which sold nuclear technologies and designs to an unknown number of countries, which greatly advanced their programs to acquire nuclear weapons and gravely threatened international security; Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided North Korea with designs for uranium enrichment centrifuges; Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided Iran with uranium enrichment centrifuges; Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided Libya with designs for a nuclear weapon, as well as for uranium enrichment centrifuges; Whereas Dr. Khan had been under house arrest since 2004 when he publicly confessed to running the illicit nuclear network; Whereas, on February 6, 2009, the Islamabad High Court ordered Dr. Khan released from house arrest; Whereas, upon Dr. Khan’s release from house arrest, a Pakistan Foreign Ministry official declared Dr. Khan’s case a closed chapter; Whereas the United States and the international community still does not know the entire extent of the activities of the Khan nuclear proliferation network, and the Government of Pakistan has refused to allow the United States Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or other independent investigators to interview Dr. Khan directly; Whereas Pakistan was designated as a major non-NATO ally of the United States in 2004; and Whereas the United States has provided approximately $12,000,000,000 in assistance to the Government of Pakistan since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)strongly condemns the release from house arrest of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, who established and operated an illicit international nuclear proliferation network which sold nuclear technologies and designs to an unknown number of countries; (2)declares Dr. Khan to be a continuing proliferation threat; (3)declares that Dr. Khan should be required to give a full accounting of the activities and participants of the network to the United States Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other responsible parties; (4)states that the willingness and ability of the Government of Pakistan to carry out its nonproliferation commitments should be a guiding element in determining United States policy toward that country, including with respect to United States bilateral assistance; and (5)regards a failure by the Government of Pakistan to aggressively carry out its nonproliferation commitments as being incompatible with Pakistan’s status as a major non-NATO ally of the United States.