IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 164 

Condemning Pakistan’s release of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan from 

house arrest. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2009 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr. MANZULLO) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Pakistan’s release of nuclear scientist Abdul 

Qadeer Khan from house arrest. 

Whereas Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former director of A.Q. 

Khan Research Laboratory in Pakistan and a founder of 

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, established and operated an illicit international nuclear proliferation network, also known as the Khan nuclear proliferation network, which sold nuclear technologies and designs to an 

unknown number of countries, which greatly advanced 

their programs to acquire nuclear weapons and gravely 

threatened international security; 

Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided 

North Korea with designs for uranium enrichment centrifuges; 


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Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided 

Iran with uranium enrichment centrifuges; 

Whereas the Khan nuclear proliferation network provided 

Libya with designs for a nuclear weapon, as well as for 

uranium enrichment centrifuges; 

Whereas Dr. Khan had been under house arrest since 2004 

when he publicly confessed to running the illicit nuclear 

network; 

Whereas, on February 6, 2009, the Islamabad High Court 

ordered Dr. Khan released from house arrest; 

Whereas, upon Dr. Khan’s release from house arrest, a Pakistan Foreign Ministry official declared Dr. Khan’s case 

a ‘‘closed chapter’’; 

Whereas the United States and the international community 

still does not know the entire extent of the activities of 

the Khan nuclear proliferation network, and the Government of Pakistan has refused to allow the United States 

Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or 

other independent investigators to interview Dr. Khan directly; 

Whereas Pakistan was designated as a major non-NATO ally 

of the United States in 2004; and 

Whereas the United States has provided approximately 

$12,000,000,000 in assistance to the Government of 

Pakistan since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) strongly condemns the release from house 

3 arrest of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, who established 

4 and operated an illicit international nuclear proVerDate Nov 24 2008 06:30 Feb 13, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR164.IH HR164

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1 liferation network which sold nuclear technologies 

2 and designs to an unknown number of countries; 

3 (2) declares Dr. Khan to be a continuing pro4 liferation threat; 

5 (3) declares that Dr. Khan should be required 

6 to give a full accounting of the activities and partici7 pants of the network to the United States Govern8 ment, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and 

9 other responsible parties; 

10 (4) states that the willingness and ability of the 

11 Government of Pakistan to carry out its non12 proliferation commitments should be a guiding ele13 ment in determining United States policy toward 

14 that country, including with respect to United States 

15 bilateral assistance; and 

16 (5) regards a failure by the Government of 

17 Pakistan to aggressively carry out its nonprolifera18 tion commitments as being incompatible with Paki19 stan’s status as a major non-NATO ally of the 

20 United States. 

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