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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 466 

Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community 

of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem 

Soleimani, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2020 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Ms. MCSALLY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. 

CRAMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. 

HYDE-SMITH, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. WICKER, Ms. ERNST, Mr. 

HOEVEN, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. DAINES, 

Mr. BRAUN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. 

PERDUE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. FISCHER, 

Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

PORTMAN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. 

CASSIDY, Mr. ENZI, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr. MCCONNELL) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community of the United States who carried out 

the mission that killed Qasem Soleimani, and for other 

purposes. 

Whereas, on January 2, 2020, United States personnel killed 

terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani during the course of a 

targeted strike against terrorists engaged in planning imminent attacks against United States persons and personnel; 


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Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC–QF) terrorist 

organization, a global terrorism threat to the United 

States and the international community; 

Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the architect of terrorist attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere that killed hundreds of United States personnel, including with weapons 

and improvised explosives provided directly by the IRGC– 

QF; 

Whereas Qasem Soleimani planned or supported numerous 

other deadly terrorist attacks against the United States 

and its allies, including the 2011 plot to assassinate the 

Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States Adel alJubeir while he was in the United States and the December 31, 2019, attack on the United States Embassy in 

Baghdad, Iraq, as well as planned attacks in Germany, 

Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain, Turkey, and elsewhere; 

Whereas, under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack 

Obama, the Department of the Treasury designated 

Qasem Soleimani for the imposition of sanctions under 

Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) for plotting to assassinate the Saudi Arabian 

Ambassador to the United States, under Executive Order 

13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and 

their supporters) based on Qasem Soleimani’s relationship to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and 

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lating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to human rights abuses in Syria); 

Whereas the valiant members of the United States Armed 

Forces have courageously and vigorously pursued the 

IRGC–QF and its affiliates in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 

around the world; 

Whereas the anonymous, unsung heroes of the intelligence 

community of the United States have pursued the IRGC– 

QF and its affiliates in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around 

the world with tremendous dedication, sacrifice, and professionalism; 

Whereas, although the death of Qasem Soleimani represents 

a significant blow to the IRGC–QF and its affiliates and 

to terrorist organizations around the world, terrorism remains a critical threat to the national security of the 

United States; 

Whereas Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC–QF have provided 

critical support to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria 

and pursued the targeted killing and ethnic cleansing of 

hundreds of thousands of Sunni Muslims across the Middle East; and 

Whereas the IRGC–QF supports terrorist groups around the 

world, including Kata’ib Hezbollah, the Taliban, Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and 

the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, and under Presidents George W. Bush 

and Donald J. Trump, the Department of the Treasury 

designated the IRGC–QF for the imposition of sanctions 

under Executive Order 13224 for providing material support to terrorist organizations and as a foreign terrorist 

organization: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) declares that the death of Qasem Soleimani 

3 represents a measure of justice and relief for the 

4 families and friends of the hundreds of men and 

5 women of the United States who lost their lives in 

6 Iraq and Afghanistan, the men and women around 

7 the world who have been killed by other attacks 

8 sponsored by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

9 Corps-Quds Force (IRGC–QF), and the men and 

10 women of the Armed Forces and the intelligence 

11 community of the United States who have sacrificed 

12 their lives pursuing Qasem Soleimani and the 

13 IRGC–QF; 

14 (2) commends the men and women of the 

15 Armed Forces and the intelligence community of the 

16 United States for the tremendous commitment, per17 severance, professionalism, and sacrifice they dis18 played in disrupting imminent terrorist attacks 

19 planned by Qasem Soleimani; 

20 (3) commends the men and women of the 

21 Armed Forces and the intelligence community of the 

22 United States for committing themselves to defeat23 ing, disrupting, and dismantling the IRGC–QF; 


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1 (4) commends the President for ordering the 

2 successful operations to locate and eliminate Qasem 

3 Soleimani; and 

4 (5) reaffirms its commitment to disrupting, dis5 mantling, and defeating the IRGC–QF and affiliated 

6 organizations around the world that threaten the na7 tional security of the United States and to bringing 

8 terrorists to justice. 

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