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operation because Venezuela had ‘‘failed demonstrably’’ 
to stem the flow of hundreds of tons of cocaine and other 
illegal narcotics; 
Whereas a 2007 Drug Enforcement Administration report 
linked nearly half of all designated Foreign Terrorist Or-
ganizations around the world, including the FARC, to 
narcotics trade; 
Whereas, in May 2006, the Department of State determined, 
pursuant to section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, 
that Venezuela was not cooperating fully with United 
States antiterrorism efforts; 
Whereas terrorist groups in Colombia have been found to be 
in possession of weapons belonging to official Venezuelan 
stocks and facilities; 
Whereas President Chavez has established strong relation-
ships with Iran, Cuba, Syria, and North Korea, all state 
sponsors of terrorism; 
Whereas according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the 
Director of National Intelligence, released on February 5, 
2008, Venezuela has greatly increased its cooperation 
with Iran and expressed a willingness to cooperate with 
that country on nuclear energy; 
Whereas Venezuela has concluded nearly 200 bilateral agree-
ments with Iran on military cooperation, the sharing of 
intelligence, establishing direct civilian airline flights be-
tween Caracas and Tehran, expanding financial coopera-
tion, and initiating cultural exchanges, among others; 
Whereas, in February 2006, the chairman of the Iranian leg-
islative body announced an offer to assist Venezuela with 
a nuclear program; 
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Whereas, in March 2006, President Chavez defended Iran’s 
development of a capacity to enrich uranium, which many 
observers believe is part of a nuclear weapons program, 
despite several United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions requiring Iran to halt its enrichment program; 
Whereas Venezuela was one of only three members of the 35- 
country board of the International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy to vote against referring Iran to the United Nations 
Security Council for violations of its obligations under the 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; 
Whereas Venezuela reportedly has large deposits of uranium 
ore in the Guiana Shield region; 
Whereas according to United States intelligence officials, Iran 
possesses the potential to use its close relationship with 
Venezuela to facilitate the smuggling of people, drugs, 
and weapons into the Western Hemisphere through ter-
rorist proxy groups; 
Whereas section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act defines 
‘‘international terrorist acts’’ as those that aid or abet 
the proliferation or acquiring of nuclear weapons or ma-
terial or those that aid or abet the production, collection, 
or use of chemical, biological, or radiological weapons; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 
commits all Member States, including Venezuela, to en-
force effective measures to prevent the proliferation of 
nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons; and 
Whereas the activities of supporters and financiers of ter-
rorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere con-
stitute a severe threat to the United States and its allies 
and interests: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the United States House of Rep-
resentatives— 
(1) condemns the Government of the Bolivarian 
Republic of Venezuela for its state-sponsored sup-
port of international terrorist groups; 
(2) encourages the President to direct the 
United States Representative to the Organization of 
American States (OAS) to— 
(A) urge OAS Member States to designate 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC) a terrorist organization if such Mem-
ber States have not already done so; 
(B) move for a declaration at the next 
meeting of OAS Member States that calls on 
countries to systematically deny use of their re-
spective territories by a terrorist or terrorist or-
ganization; and 
(C) propose a convention to prevent the 
proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological 
weapons within the Western Hemisphere, using 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1540 as a model, and urge all OAS Member 
States to sign and ratify such a convention; 
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(3) directs the Secretary of State to work with 
the countries of the Western Hemisphere to ensure 
the effective implementation of— 
(A) 
the 
Inter-American 
Convention 
Against Terrorism, to prevent the spread and 
financing of international terrorist acts within 
the Western Hemisphere and to counter any ef-
forts of countries in the Western Hemisphere to 
provide support for terrorist acts; 
(B) the United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1540, to prevent the proliferation of 
nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; and 
(C) the United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1566, to halt the spread of global 
terrorism and to promote greater cooperation 
among United Nations Member States to imple-
ment counterterrorism measures; 
(4) calls upon the Government of Venezuela to 
immediately renounce all support and ties to ter-
rorist organizations, including the FARC and the 
Colombian National Liberation Army; and 
(5) urges the United States Government to des-
ignate Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism. 
Æ 
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