[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10123-H10124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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URGING EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING ACQUISITION BY IRAN OF 
                         C-802 CRUISE MISSILES

  Mr. GILMAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 302, I call 
up the resolution (H. Res. 188) urging the executive branch to take 
action regarding the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise missiles, and 
ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Emerson). The resolution is considered 
read for amendment.
  The text of House Resolution 188 is as follows:

                              H. Res. 188

       Whereas the United States escort vessel U.S.S. Stark was 
     struck by a cruise missile in the Persian Gulf, causing the 
     death of 37 United States sailors;
       Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import-
     Export Corporation is marketing the C-802 model cruise 
     missile for use against escort vessels such as the U.S.S. 
     Stark;
       Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import-
     Export Corporation delivered 60 C-802 cruise missiles to Iran 
     for use by vessels of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy;
       Whereas Iran is constructing sites and equipment to launch 
     C-802 cruise missiles which will provide its armed forces 
     with a weapon of greater range, reliability, accuracy, and 
     mobility than before;
       Whereas 15,000 members of the United States Armed Forces 
     are stationed within the range of the C-802 cruise missiles 
     acquired by Iran;
       Whereas the Department of State believes that ``[t]hese 
     cruise missiles pose new, direct threats to deployed United 
     States forces'';
       Whereas the delivery of cruise missiles to Iran is a 
     violation of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and
       Whereas the executive branch has concluded at present that 
     the known types (of C-802 cruise missiles) are not of a 
     ``destabilizing number and type'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) finds that the delivery of cruise missiles to Iran is 
     of a destabilizing number and type and, therefore, is a 
     violation of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and
       (2) urges the executive branch to enforce the Iran-Iraq 
     Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) with 
     respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 model cruise 
     missiles.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 302, the 
amendments printed in part 2 of House Report 105-379 are adopted.
  The text of House Resolution 188, as amended by the amendments 
printed in part 2 of House Report 105-379, is as follows:

                              H. Res. 188

       Whereas the United States escort vessel U.S.S. Stark was 
     struck by a cruise missile in the Persian Gulf, causing the 
     death of 37 United States sailors;
       Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import-
     Export Corporation is marketing the C-802 model cruise 
     missile for use against escort vessels such as the U.S.S. 
     Stark;
       Whereas the China National Precision Machinery Import-
     Export Corporation delivered 60 C-802 cruise missiles to Iran 
     for use by vessels of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy;
       Whereas Iran is constructing sites and equipment to launch 
     C-802 cruise missiles which will provide its armed forces 
     with a weapon of greater range, reliability, accuracy, and 
     mobility than before;
       Whereas 15,000 members of the United States Armed Forces 
     are stationed within the range of the C-802 cruise missiles 
     acquired by Iran;
       Whereas the Department of State believes that ``[t]hese 
     cruise missiles pose new, direct threats to deployed United 
     States forces'';
       Whereas the delivery of cruise missiles to Iran is a 
     violation of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 note);
       Whereas the executive branch has concluded at present that 
     the known types (of C-802 cruise missiles) are not of a 
     ``destabilizing number and type'';
       Whereas there is substantial evidence that missile 
     technology and technical advice have been provided from 
     Russia to Iran, in violation of the Missile Technology 
     Control Regime;

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       Whereas these violations include providing assistance to 
     Iran in developing ballistic missiles, including the transfer 
     of wind tunnel and rocket engine testing equipment;
       Whereas these technologies give Iran the capability to 
     deploy a missile of sufficient range to threaten United 
     States military installations in the Middle East and Persian 
     Gulf, as well as the territory of Israel, and our North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization ally Turkey; and
       Whereas President Clinton has raised with Russian President 
     Boris Yeltsin United States concerns about these activities 
     and the Russian response has to date been inadequate: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) finds that the delivery of cruise missiles to Iran is 
     of a destabilizing number and type and, therefore, is a 
     violation of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (2) urges the executive branch to enforce the Iran-Iraq 
     Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) with 
     respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 model cruise 
     missiles; and
       (3) recommends that the Secretary of State should not issue 
     any visa to, and the Attorney General should not admit to the 
     United States, any national of the People's Republic of China 
     where a consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has 
     reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has been 
     materially involved in the proliferation of advanced 
     conventional weapons; nuclear, chemical, or biological 
     weapons or technology; or other sensitive or dual-use 
     technologies, in contravention of United States interests.
       Sec. 2. It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
     that--
       (1) the President should demand that the Government of 
     Russia take concrete actions to stop governmental and 
     nongovernmental entities in the Russian Federation from 
     providing missile technology and technical advice to Iran, in 
     violation of the Missile Technology Control Regime;
       (2) if the Russian response is inadequate, the United 
     States should impose sanctions on the responsible Russian 
     entities in accordance with Executive Order 12938 on the 
     Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and reassess 
     cooperative activities with Russia;
       (3) the threshold under current law allowing for the waiver 
     of the prohibition on the release of foreign assistance to 
     Russia should be raised; and
       (4) the European allies of the United States should be 
     encouraged to take steps in accordance with their own laws to 
     stop such proliferation.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] and 
the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] will each control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)

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