[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 795 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 795

Recognizing the United States role in the evolving energy landscape of 
                the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2018

 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Norcross) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the United States role in the evolving energy landscape of 
                the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Whereas natural gas demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member 
        countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, 
        Bahrain, and Oman is projected to continue to outpace production;
Whereas yearly per capita electricity consumption is expected to increase 
        dramatically across GCC member countries;
Whereas the value of new energy-related construction contracts are to exceed $23 
        billion in 2018, with the total value of current contracts reportedly 
        over $200 billion;
Whereas, in 2006, GCC member countries expressed an interest in the peaceful use 
        of nuclear energy;
Whereas GCC member countries have already signed nuclear agreements with 
        numerous other countries;
Whereas the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China are actively 
        marketing their respective nuclear technologies to GCC member countries;
Whereas United States nuclear technology, nonproliferation, and safety standards 
        are the best in the world;
Whereas the United States has agreements with only one of the six GCC member 
        countries pertaining to peaceful civilian nuclear cooperation; and
Whereas the six GCC member countries are signatories to the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the need for a strategy to promote the 
        peaceful use of United States energy in Gulf Cooperation 
        Council (GCC) member countries;
            (2) recognizes the national security threat of Russian or 
        Chinese dominance of nuclear power in the Gulf region, 
        including decades of negative influence over regional nuclear 
        energy safety, security, and nonproliferation;
            (3) encourages the President to ensure United States 
        commercial opportunity to supply the developing energy markets 
        of GCC member countries; and
            (4) recommends the Department of State aggressively pursue 
        agreements for peaceful cooperation with GCC member countries 
        pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
        U.S.C. 2152), which supports the nuclear nonproliferation 
        regime and provides opportunity for United States industry.
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