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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 434

Condemning the continued sponsorship of international terrorism by Iran,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 4, 2002

Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ACKERMAN, and Mr. BERMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Condemning the continued sponsorship of international

terrorism by Iran, and for other purposes.

Whereas Iran has been a state sponsor of terrorism by providing aid to such terrorist groups as Hamas, Hizbollah,

and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and is also providing

assistance to terrorist groups in Africa, the Persian Gulf

region, Turkey, and Central Asia;

Whereas there continues to be mounting evidence that Iran

sponsored the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi

Arabia which killed 19 United States servicemen;

Whereas the most recent report by the Department of State

on ‘‘Global Patterns of International Terrorism’’ states

that Iran ‘‘remained the most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2001’’;
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Whereas Iran continues its efforts to acquire weapons of

mass destruction and the means to deliver them, including the recent test of a Shahab–3 missile which has a

range of 800 miles;

Whereas foreign investments in the Iranian energy sector result in increased revenue for Iran that may be used to

further its support for acts of international terrorism and

its development of weapons of mass destruction and the

means to deliver them;

Whereas in 2001, Congress overwhelmingly passed and the

President signed a 5-year extension of the Iran and

Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, which imposes sanctions on

companies that invest in the Iranian and Libyan energy

sectors;

Whereas on May 28, 2002, Sheer Energy, a Canadian oil

company, announced an $80,000,000 contract to develop

an Iranian petroleum field in conjunction with the stateowned National Iranian Oil Company, which constitutes

the first investment in the Iranian energy sector since

September 11, 2001, that is subject to sanctions under

the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996; and

Whereas the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, demonstrate that international terrorism is a direct threat to

the lives of Americans and all other people irrespective of

their nationality, and that the United States must take

stronger measures to ensure the end of state support for

international terrorism: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) condemns the continued sponsorship of

3 international terrorism by Iran and its development
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1 of weapons of mass destruction and the means to

2 deliver them;

3 (2) reiterates its concern that investment in

4 Iran’s energy sector makes a dangerous contribution

5 to those activities that sponsor international ter6 rorism by providing the Iranian regime with a sig7 nificant source of funds that can, directly or indi8 rectly, support such activities;

9 (3) demands that Sheer Energy cancel its con10 tract with the Government of Iran, a state sponsor

11 of international terrorism, to develop Iranian oil

12 fields; and

13 (4) urges the President to impose sanctions on

14 Sheer Energy under the Iran and Libya Sanctions

15 Act of 1996 as long as its investments remain sub16 ject to sanctions under that Act.

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