[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 139 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 139

 Expressing the policy of the United States to pursue and enter into a 
   military treaty alliance of extended deterrence with the State of 
                                Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2018

  Mr. Conaway (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the policy of the United States to pursue and enter into a 
   military treaty alliance of extended deterrence with the State of 
                                Israel.

Whereas the United States and Israel have a long history of mutually beneficial 
        security cooperation;
Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaging in destabilizing activities 
        such as the pursuit of nuclear weapons and the advanced development of 
        ballistic missiles that threaten the United States and Israel;
Whereas, according to testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 
        under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), restrictions to 
        Iran's ballistic missile development were reduced and Iran's missile 
        inventory is expected to double by 2030;
Whereas in October 2020, the United Nations' ban on assistance to Iranian arms 
        exports and imports will be lifted as a result of the JCPOA;
Whereas in October 2023, the United Nations' ban on assistance to Iran's 
        ballistic missile program will be lifted as a result of the JCPOA;
Whereas Iranian ballistic missiles are capable of reaching Israel;
Whereas, according to congressional testimony, Iran has ``the region's largest 
        and most diverse arsenal of ballistic missiles'';
Whereas Iran continues to test and develop advanced ballistic missiles in 
        ``direct defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 2231'' according to 
        the Department of State;
Whereas the United States intelligence community assesses that Iran's ballistic 
        missiles are capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas in 2017, the Department of State announced new sanctions against ``18 
        entities and individuals supporting Iran's ballistic missile program and 
        for supporting Iran's military procurement of Iran's Islamic 
        Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as an Iran-based transnational 
        criminal organization and associated persons'';
Whereas the JCPOA allows Iran to continue to construct advanced centrifuges, 
        such as the IR-4, IR-6, and IR-8 centrifuges, that can produce highly 
        enriched uranium at quick industrialized speeds, in return for retiring 
        the inefficient, out-dated IR-1 centrifuges;
Whereas Iran's lead nuclear scientist and head of Iran's Atomic Energy 
        Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi who was involved in the JCPOA 
        negotiations, stated after conclusion of the JCPOA: ``According to the 
        JCPOA, we have kept our nuclear program in accordance with our needs and 
        requirements for research and development.'';
Whereas discussing the JCPOA, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated: ``Before, 
        only IR-1 centrifuges were active, now we are operating IR-8 
        centrifuges, the most modern and advanced ones Iran has obtained.'';
Whereas Iran continues to advance its nuclear program;
Whereas in 2018, on Iran's National Nuclear Technology Day, the Iranian 
        Government unveiled 83 new nuclear projects, twice the number announced 
        in 2017;
Whereas in 2018, Ali Akbar Salehi stated that Iran would resume enrichment of up 
        to 20 percent if the United States withdrew from the JCPOA;
Whereas a spokesperson for the Iranian Government stated that Iran's Fordow 
        plant contained 1,600 operational centrifuges which contradicts the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency's assessment in February 2018 that no 
        more than 1,044 centrifuges are at Fordow, a limit required by the 
        JCPOA;
Whereas in July 2018, Iran announced that it had built a new factory that can 
        produce up to 60 centrifuges a day;
Whereas Iran is on the path to possessing a nuclear weapon and the means by 
        which to deliver a nuclear weapon; and
Whereas the leadership of Iran has on numerous occasions threatened to destroy 
        the United States and Israel: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) it is the policy of the United States to pursue and 
        enter into a military treaty alliance of extended deterrence 
        with the State of Israel;
            (2) any military treaty alliance described in paragraph (1) 
        should take effect upon verification by the Secretary of 
        Defense and the intelligence community (as such term is defined 
        in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        3003(4)) to the President that the Islamic Republic of Iran has 
        developed a nuclear weapon; and
            (3) for purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``extended 
        deterrence'' means the security and assurance provided by the 
        protection of the nuclear forces of the United States.
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