IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 600 
Reaffirming the right for the United States to use all available options, 
including the use of military force, to prevent Iran from acquiring a 
nuclear weapon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 
Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CONNOLLY, and 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the right for the United States to use all avail-
able options, including the use of military force, to pre-
vent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. 
Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is a state sponsor of 
terrorism, poses a serious threat to the safety and secu-
rity of the United States and its allies throughout the 
world, and regularly commits deplorable violations of 
human rights; 
Whereas the acquisition of a nuclear weapon by Iran would 
pose an immediate and profound threat to the United 
States, Israel, and the Middle East, by enabling it to act 
with impunity; 
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Whereas the Government of Iran has called for the destruc-
tion of the State of Israel, our most important ally in the 
Middle East bound by historic, economic, and military 
ties; 
Whereas Iran has provided terrorist organizations such as 
Hamas and Hezbollah with weapons and technology used 
to threaten Israel and Israeli civilians as well as com-
mitted destabilizing actions in other neighboring coun-
tries; 
Whereas Iran has propped up the Assad regime in Syria, 
which has killed more than 200,000 people through delib-
erate attacks on civilians and which has resulted in the 
worst humanitarian crisis since World War II with the 
displacement of roughly 12,000,000 Syrian refugees; 
Whereas the acquisition of a nuclear weapon by Iran would 
lead to a nuclear arms race and proliferation of nuclear 
capabilities throughout the Middle East, undermining ef-
forts by the international community to bring peace and 
stability to an already volatile part of the world; 
Whereas Iran has a history of dishonesty with regards to its 
nuclear program; 
Whereas one United States citizen has disappeared in Iran; 
Whereas, on May 22, 2015, the President signed into law the 
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 to continue 
the robust role of congressional oversight of United 
States policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear 
weapon; 
Whereas, on July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 countries of 
the United States, France, the Russian Federation, the 
People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 
Germany agreed to a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac-
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tion to block Iran’s path towards obtaining a nuclear 
weapon; 
Whereas, on October 10, 2015, and November 21, 2015, Iran 
test-launched a medium-range ballistic missile capable of 
delivering a nuclear weapon in clear violation of United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1929; and 
Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which be-
came effective on October 18, 2015, conditions financial 
sanctions relief on Iran’s ability to comply with intrusive 
and transparent inspections of its nuclear program, the 
removal of thousands of centrifuges, the reduction of its 
enriched uranium stockpile, and other measures to hold 
Iran to account: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the right for the United States to 
use all available options, including the use of mili-
tary force, to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear 
weapon; 
(2) reaffirms that it is the policy of the United 
States to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear 
weapon for the life of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action and afterward; 
(3) expresses its concern over the lack of clarity 
from the Administration with regards to its response 
in the event of minor or incremental violations by 
Iran of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; 
(4) makes clear its unwavering support for 
Israel’s right to ensure its survival and to defend 
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itself from nations and non-state actors that wish to 
do it harm; 
(5) calls on the Administration to provide Israel 
with military and intelligence support and coopera-
tion to confront new threats to Israel’s security by 
maintaining its strategic and qualitative military 
edge through— 
(A) transferring to the Government of 
Israel, as appropriate and consistent with 
United States treaty obligations, ordnance and 
delivery systems under such terms and condi-
tions as the President determines necessary to 
effectively deter conventional, unconventional, 
and nuclear threats from Iran and ensure that 
Israeli personnel have the opportunity and 
means to train with such defense systems, in-
cluding joint training exercises; 
(B) fulfilling the requirements of the War 
Reserves Stock Allies-Israel pursuant to the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre-po-
sitioned storage of United States weapons in 
emergency situations; 
(C) supporting missile defense programs, 
including the Iron Dome Weapon System, the 
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David’s Sling Weapon System, Upper Tier In-
terceptor, and Arrow-3 Weapon; 
(D) identifying and advancing collaborative 
research between the United States and Israel 
in the development of an anti-tunneling defense 
system to detect, map, and destroy under-
ground tunnels used by Hamas, Hezbollah, and 
other terrorist groups to threaten the lives of 
Israeli civilians; and 
(E) finalizing negotiations on a new 10- 
year Memorandum of Understanding on pro-
viding additional foreign military financing to 
Israel; 
(6) calls on all United Nations member states 
to take all necessary measures to prevent the trans-
fer of ballistic or cruise missile technology or tech-
nical assistance to Iran related to such activities; 
(7) calls on the President to engage with Con-
gress and international partners to ensure that the 
International Atomic Energy Agency receives the full 
additional $10,600,000 per year necessary to fulfill 
its verification responsibilities under the Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action or any other related 
agreement; 
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(8) supports the full funding of the Department 
of State’s Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementa-
tion to ensure thorough and effective implementation 
of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and calls 
for the Coordinator to regularly report to Congress 
on the status of Iranian compliance or non-compli-
ance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; 
(9) supports the full funding of the Department 
of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control 
to ensure strict enforcement of sanctions against 
Iranian actors in the areas of ballistic or cruise mis-
sile proliferation and terrorism and to ensure effec-
tive re-imposition of sanctions in the event of any 
violation or breach of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action; 
(10) remains committed to confronting the Ira-
nian regime’s destabilizing actions in the Middle 
East through increased cooperation with United 
States regional partners; 
(11) demands immediate action by the Adminis-
tration to raise Iran’s recent ballistic missile testing 
with the United Nations Security Council and seek 
an appropriate response for Iran’s disregard for 
complying with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1929; 
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(12) calls on the Iranian Government to assist 
in the investigation of the disappearance of United 
States citizens within its borders; 
(13) condemns Iran’s reprehensible record of 
human rights violations and supports the Iranian 
people’s pursuit of civil liberties; 
(14) reaffirms that nothing in the Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action limits or curtails the abil-
ity of Congress to pass sanctions legislation to ad-
dress future Iranian terrorism activities, ballistic or 
cruise missile development, human rights abuses, or 
to reauthorize existing sanctions that are not lifted 
under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; 
(15) strongly urges the Administration to con-
tinue to enforce non-nuclear sanctions, including 
sanctions relating to human rights violations and 
support for terrorist organizations; 
(16) calls on the Administration to continue to 
keep Congress regularly informed through briefings, 
hearings, and reports about how it will work with 
other P5+1 countries to clarify, address, and imple-
ment a response to any and all violations of the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and 
(17) calls for the creation of a bipartisan Iran 
Study Group composed of senior and expert policy- 
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makers to report to Congress on a broader Middle 
East strategy to counter Iran and leverage more 
constructive Iranian behavior. 
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