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Whereas diplomatic measures must prioritize working with 
the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (the E3) to 
advance efforts to trigger snapback proceedings under 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 before 
the mechanism expires in October 2025; 
Whereas, on January 19, 1984, the United States designated 
the Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of inter-
national terrorism; 
Whereas, on July 14, 2022, in the Jerusalem U.S.-Israel 
Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration, which was 
signed between the United States and Israel, the United 
States stressed its commitment ‘‘never to allow Iran to 
acquire a nuclear weapon, and that [the United States] 
is prepared to use all elements of its national power to 
ensure that outcome’’; 
Whereas the 118th Congress, in H. Res. 559, adopted on No-
vember 1, 2023, resolved that it is the policy of the 
United States to use all means necessary to prevent Iran 
from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and 
Whereas Congress has the exclusive responsibility to author-
ize the use of force under section 8(a)(1) of the War 
Powers Resolution: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the continued efforts of the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency to verify Iran’s com-
pliance with its Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
Nuclear Weapons Safeguards Agreement; 
(2) condemns Iran for its persistent failure to 
cooperate with the International Atomic Energy 
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Agency and for its lack of transparency regarding its 
nuclear program; 
(3) calls upon Iran to immediately fulfill its ob-
ligations under its Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 
of Nuclear Weapons Safeguards Agreement and re-
solve all outstanding safeguards issues; 
(4) urges Iran to reinstate the designation of all 
necessary International Atomic Energy Agency in-
spectors and provide them with full and unfettered 
access to all relevant nuclear sites; 
(5) calls on the United States Government, in 
coordination with international allies and partners, 
to take all necessary diplomatic and economic meas-
ures to hold Iran accountable for its violations of its 
nuclear commitments; 
(6) supports the International Atomic Energy 
Agency Director General’s ongoing efforts to engage 
with Iran and urges Iran to comply with its inter-
national nuclear obligations and to end its continued 
pursuit of nuclear weapons; and 
(7) asserts that should international efforts fail 
to address the nuclear threat posed by Iran, and 
should Iran withdraw from the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or should the 
United States National Intelligence Estimate con-
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clude that Iran has crossed the nuclear threshold, 
Congress should take all necessary and appropriate 
steps to authorize the use of the United States 
Armed Forces against the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
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