IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 162
Expressing the sense of Congress that the ongoing nuclear efforts of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran constitute a threat to the national security 
of the United States and to international peace and security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2005
Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. KIRK, Mr. AKIN, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SHERMAN, and 
Mr. MCCOTTER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the ongoing nuclear 
efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran constitute a threat 
to the national security of the United States and to 
international peace and security.
Whereas inspections by the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) in Iran have revealed significant 
undeclared activities, including a uranium enrichment fa-
cility at Natanz, which could be used to enrich uranium 
for nuclear weapons; 
Whereas since January 1984, Iran has been identified by the 
Department of State as the most active state sponsor of 
terrorism and is close to achieving nuclear weapons capa-
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bility but has not been held accountable for nearly twenty 
years of deception with respect to its nuclear program; 
Whereas the Iranian Ministry of Defense confirmed in July 
2003 that it had successfully conducted the final test of 
the Shahab-3 missile, giving Iran an operational inter-
mediate-range ballistic missile capable of striking both 
Israel and United States troops throughout the Middle 
East and Afghanistan; 
Whereas on May 9, 2005, the Islamic Republic of Iran con-
firmed that it had converted 37 tons of raw uranium into 
gas shortly before its declared suspension of enrichment 
activities in November 2004; 
Whereas Mohammad Saeedi, the Deputy Head of the Atomic 
Energy Organization of Iran, has confirmed that such 
conversion would produce material that, if further proc-
essed, could be fed into centrifuges for enrichment; 
Whereas these actions bring Iran even closer to producing 
weapons-grade uranium; 
Whereas Iranian officials have announced the intention of the 
Government of Iran to resume some of its uranium proc-
essing activities in response to the current diplomatic im-
passe in its ongoing negotiations with Germany, France, 
and the United Kingdom, otherwise known as the EU–
3; 
Whereas since February 2003, the Government of Iran has 
consistently misled the United Nations, the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, the EU–3, and the United States 
as to the objectives and scope of its nuclear activities; 
Whereas the efforts put forth by the EU–3 have not suc-
ceeded in persuading Iran to end its nuclear acquisition 
efforts; and
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Whereas a nuclear armed Iran would dramatically alter the 
balance of power in the Middle East to the detriment of 
the United States and its allies: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the acquisition of nuclear weapon capabili-
ties by the Islamic Republic of Iran would constitute 
a threat to the national security of the United 
States; 
(2) the acquisition of nuclear weapon capabili-
ties by Iran would constitute a threat to inter-
national peace and security; 
(3) the European diplomatic effort to urge Iran 
to abandon its nuclear aspirations through economic 
incentives has not yielded definitive results; and 
(4) the President should urge the Director Gen-
eral of the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) to refer Iran’s noncompliance with its obli-
gations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
Nuclear Weapons to the United Nations Security 
Council in the event that negotiations fail between 
Iran and the European Union.
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