H. Res. 188

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

November 6, 1997.

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’’;
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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;

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 IranIraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C.
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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 No.

12938 on the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and reassess cooperative activities with Russia;
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(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.

Attest:

Clerk.