[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 559 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 559

Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic 
                  Republic of Iran is not acceptable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2023

  Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Golden of 
 Maine, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Sherman, Mr. McCormick, and 
Ms. Manning) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic 
                  Republic of Iran is not acceptable.

Whereas an Islamic Republic of Iran that possesses a nuclear weapon would be an 
        unacceptable threat to regional and global security;
Whereas Iran continues to enrich and stockpile uranium far in excess of the 
        limits set under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015);
Whereas the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in May 2023 that 
        Iran continues to enrich uranium to 60-percent purity;
Whereas the United States Ambassador to the Vienna Office of the United Nations 
        and to the IAEA, Laura Holgate, affirmed ``Iran's production of uranium 
        enriched up to 60 percent has no credible peaceful purpose.'';
Whereas IAEA investigators found uranium particles enriched to 83.7 percent at 
        Iran's Fordow nuclear facility in January 2023;
Whereas uranium enriched to 90 percent is weapons-grade material;
Whereas at a press conference in January 2023, IAEA Director General Rafael 
        Grossi stated regarding Iran: ``One thing is true: They have amassed 
        enough nuclear material for several nuclear weapons.'';
Whereas, in March 2023, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark 
        Milley, testified that ``Iran could produce fissile material for a 
        nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and would only take several more 
        months to produce an actual nuclear weapon.'';
Whereas Iran is now in possession of irreversible and dangerous nuclear 
        knowledge;
Whereas Iran's ongoing nuclear escalation poses a serious threat to the United 
        States and its partners and allies including Israel; and
Whereas international complacency toward Iran's illicit nuclear program 
        threatens the global nonproliferation regime: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives declares it is the 
policy of the United States--
            (1) that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not 
        acceptable;
            (2) that Iran must not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon 
        under any circumstances or conditions;
            (3) to use all means necessary to prevent Iran from 
        obtaining a nuclear weapon; and
            (4) to recognize and support the freedom of action of 
        partners and allies, including Israel, to prevent Iran from 
        obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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