[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 990 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 990
Opposing engaging Russia for reviving any form of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, opposing removing
terrorism sanctions on Iran while Iran's support of terrorist
activities remains unchanged, opposing restoring any form of the JCPOA
while the issue of Iran's undeclared nuclear activities remains
unresolved.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2022
Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Carl, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr.
Garcia of California, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Pfluger, Mr.
Reschenthaler, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Wittman,
Mr. Dunn, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Steube, Mr. Fallon, Mr.
Norman, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Hill, Mr.
Steil, Mr. Bacon, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mrs.
Lesko, Mr. Gimenez, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Rose, Mrs. McClain,
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr.
Lamborn, Mr. Babin, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Jackson, Mr.
Bergman, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Barr, Mr. Waltz, Mr.
Hudson, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. McKinley,
Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Meuser, Mr.
Duncan, Mr. Cawthorn, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Bost, Mr. McClintock, Mr.
Cline, and Mr. Arrington) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Opposing engaging Russia for reviving any form of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, opposing removing
terrorism sanctions on Iran while Iran's support of terrorist
activities remains unchanged, opposing restoring any form of the JCPOA
while the issue of Iran's undeclared nuclear activities remains
unresolved.
Whereas Russian President Putin bombards Ukrainian cities, intentionally
targeting civilians, and the Biden administration continues to partner
with Russian diplomats to negotiate a return to a lesser and worse form
of the failed JCPOA, giving billions of dollars in sanctions relief to
the world's worst state sponsor of terrorism;
Whereas guidance sent out by the Department of State calling for isolating
Russia makes an explicit exception for talks to revive the failed Iran
nuclear deal;
Whereas involving Russia in negotiating a new Iran deal only helps and
strengthens Russia;
Whereas Russia demands for a guarantee from the United States that sanctions
imposed over the Ukraine crisis would not affect Russia's trade with
Iran;
Whereas, under a Russia-facilitated new deal--
(1) Russia may be in a position to strengthen its power base in the
Middle East;
(2) assist Iran in threatening the United States and our allies through
nuclear extortion;
(3) the financial gain funneled through Russia's arms sales to Iran can
be used to fund Russia's ongoing and future aggression; and
(4) Russia is seeking to use Iran as a sanctions-busting loophole to
offset the costs of sanctions due to its invasion of Ukraine;
Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran has been designated a ``State Sponsor of
Terrorism'' since 1984 by the Department of State, and remains the
world's leading state sponsor of terrorism to this day;
Whereas there have been extremely concerning recent reports indicating that the
Biden administration seeks to lift nonnuclear sanctions on Iran's
Supreme Leader's Office, the Leader's network of appointees, as well as
on some of Iran's worst human rights abusers, torturers, and terrorists;
Whereas among the most notorious whose sanctions would be removed are--
(1) former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General, Hossein Dehghan,
who was involved in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing that killed 241 United
States Marines;
(2) Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi, who is responsible for enforced
disappearance and torture of thousands of Iranians; and
(3) Iran's Vice President, Mohsen Rezaei, who is on INTERPOL Red Notice
for his role in the AMIA bombing in Argentina in 1994 that killed 85
people;
Whereas lifting, waiving, or otherwise weakening sanctions on Iran related to
terrorism while Iran continues to sponsor terrorism will only provide
the Iranian regime and terrorists supported by it access to the United
States financial system and endanger United States national security;
Whereas the Biden administration claims that restoring the nuclear deal with
Iran would prevent Iran from developing a nuclear-weapons capability;
Whereas any nuclear agreement with Iran that is not premised on a complete and
fully verified declaration of Iran's past and present nuclear activities
could never achieve that goal;
Whereas such a deal would significantly weaken the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty; and
Whereas the Biden administration concludes a new nuclear agreement with Iran, it
has shown a distaste for both diplomatic and economic pressure against
the Iranian regime, allowing Tehran to accrue more revenue through
illicit oil sales and have a freer hand with added resources to
destabilize the region: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) rejects and opposes engaging Russia as a main
intermediary for reviving any nuclear agreement with Iran as
defined by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA);
(2) rejects and opposes giving Russia any sanctions
exemption or waiver as a condition to any nuclear agreement
with Iran as defined by INARA;
(3) rejects and opposes any agreement that lifts sanctions
on Iran and legitimizes the regime's illicit nuclear program
amidst an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into
undeclared sites, facilities, and material in Iran;
(4) reaffirms that any nuclear deal with Iran reached by
the Biden administration without congressional approval or
Senate ratification as a treaty is illegitimate;
(5) reaffirms to take every legislative opportunity to
overturn such an agreement;
(6) reaffirms to restore every single sanction, restrictive
measure, designation, waiver, or general license the Biden
administration removes;
(7) reaffirms to limit the Biden administration's or any
future administration's ability to issue waivers and licenses
for Iran sanctions, designations, or restrictive measures; and
(8) reaffirms that any nuclear agreement with Iran will not
prevent the Congress from standing with the Iranian people as
well as countering Iran's nonnuclear threats, which include
terrorism, weapons proliferation, missile (ballistic and
cruise), rocket, and drone attacks.
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