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-Ex-
port 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-Ex-
port 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 mis-
siles acquired by Iran;
Whereas the Department of State believes that ‘‘[t]hese
cruise missiles pose new, direct threats to deployed Unit-
ed 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 Re-
gime;
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 At-
lantic Treaty Organization ally Turkey; and
Whereas President Clinton has raised with Russian President
Boris Yeltsin United States concerns about these activi-
ties and the Russian response has to date been inad-
equate: 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 Iran-
Iraq 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 Peo-
ple’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; nu-
clear, 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 Govern-
ment of Russia take concrete actions to stop govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities in the Russian
Federation from providing missile technology and tech-
nical advice to Iran, in violation of the Missile Tech-
nology Control Regime;
(2) if the Russian response is inadequate, the Unit-
ed States should impose sanctions on the responsible
Russian entities in accordance with Executive Order No.
12938 on the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruc-
tion, 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 assist-
ance 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.