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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 164 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 164

 Condemning Pakistan's release of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan 
                           from house arrest.

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                    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

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                               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;
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
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) strongly condemns the release from house arrest of Dr. 
        Abdul Qadeer Khan, who established and operated an illicit 
        international nuclear proliferation network which sold nuclear 
        technologies and designs to an unknown number of countries;
            (2) declares Dr. Khan to be a continuing proliferation 
        threat;
            (3) declares that Dr. Khan should be required to give a 
        full accounting of the activities and participants of the 
        network to the United States Government, the International 
        Atomic Energy Agency, and other responsible parties;
            (4) states that the willingness and ability of the 
        Government of Pakistan to carry out its nonproliferation 
        commitments should be a guiding element in determining United 
        States policy toward that country, including with respect to 
        United States bilateral assistance; and
            (5) regards a failure by the Government of Pakistan to 
        aggressively carry out its nonproliferation commitments as 
        being incompatible with Pakistan's status as a major non-NATO 
        ally of the United States.
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