IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 785 
Expressing support for continued cooperation between Israel and the United 
States to ensure adequate capabilities to counter Iran’s destabilizing 
activities and support shared interests, including stability and safety 
in the Middle East, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2018 
Mr. CONAWAY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for continued cooperation between Israel 
and the United States to ensure adequate capabilities 
to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities and support 
shared interests, including stability and safety in the 
Middle East, and for other purposes. 
Whereas the State of Israel plays a critical role in United 
States peace and security, and section 4 of the United 
States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–296) declared Israel ‘‘a major strategic partner 
of the United States’’; 
Whereas the United States and Israel have a long history of 
mutually beneficial security cooperation; 
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Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaging in desta-
bilizing activities throughout the Middle East that threat-
en United States interests and the interests of our allies, 
including Israel; 
Whereas Iran continues to support terrorist proxies that con-
tinue to threaten Israel and regional stability; 
Whereas Iran continues to support the Assad regime despite 
Assad’s atrocities against his own people; 
Whereas in 2017, the Secretary of State certified to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives that ‘‘Iran re-
mains a leading state sponsor of terror through many 
platforms and methods’’; 
Whereas since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, 
Syria has become a central source of regional instability 
and as such is a threat to Israel’s northern border; 
Whereas Iran continues to provide support in the form of ad-
vanced weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen as well 
as threaten freedom of navigation in the Red Sea; 
Whereas in October 2020, the United Nations ban on Iranian 
arms exports and imports will be lifted as a result of the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; 
Whereas in October 2023, the United Nations ban on assist-
ance to Iran’s ballistic missile program will be lifted as 
a result of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; 
Whereas Iranian ballistic missiles are capable of reaching 
Israel; 
Whereas Iran continues to test and develop advanced ballistic 
missiles in ‘‘direct defiance of the UN security Council 
Resolution 2231’’ according to the Department of State; 
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•HRES 785 IH 
Whereas in 2017, the Department of State announced new 
sanctions against ‘‘18 entities and individuals supporting 
Iran’s ballistic missile program and for supporting Iran’s 
military procurement of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps, as well as an Iran-based transnational 
criminal organization and associated persons’’; 
Whereas the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113–296) requires the administra-
tion to take steps to include Israel in the first tier of 
countries receiving strategic trade authorization; 
Whereas in 2016, the United States and Israel signed a new 
memorandum of understanding which covers fiscal years 
2019 through 2028 and will provide Israel with $38 bil-
lion in Foreign Military Financing and missile defense 
assistance; and 
Whereas the United States announced its intention to move 
the United States Embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, 
by May 2018: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports continued cooperation between 
Israel and the United States to ensure adequate ca-
pabilities to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities 
and support shared interests, including stability and 
safety in the Middle East; 
(2) supports enhancing Israel’s deterrence capa-
bilities and other defensive measures; 
(3) reaffirms the 2016 memorandum of under-
standing between the United States and Israel with 
utmost importance; 
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•HRES 785 IH 
(4) supports the need to include Israel in the 
first tier of countries receiving strategic trade au-
thorization; 
(5) reaffirms the United States statement of 
policy in the United States-Israel Strategic Partner-
ship Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–296) to ‘‘pursue 
every opportunity to deepen cooperation with Israel 
on a range of critical issues including defense, home-
land security, energy, and cybersecurity’’; and 
(6) supports the United States declaration that 
recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 
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