IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 568 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the impor-
tance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear 
weapons capability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2012 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ACKERMAN, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. HASTINGS 
of Florida, Mr. TURNER of New York, and Mr. DEUTCH) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the importance of preventing the Government of Iran 
from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. 
Whereas since at least the late 1980s, Iran has engaged in 
a sustained and well-documented pattern of illicit and de-
ceptive activities to acquire a nuclear capability; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has adopted 
multiple resolutions since 2006 demanding the full and 
sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related 
and reprocessing activities by the Iranian Government 
and its full cooperation with the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding issues related 
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to its nuclear activities, particularly those concerning the 
possible military dimensions of its nuclear program; 
Whereas, on November 8, 2011, the IAEA issued an exten-
sive report that— 
(1) documents ‘‘serious concerns regarding possible 
military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme’’; 
(2) states that ‘‘Iran has carried out activities rel-
evant to the development of a nuclear device’’; and 
(3) states that the efforts described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) may be ongoing; 
Whereas as of November 2008, Iran had produced, according 
to the IAEA— 
(1) approximately 630 kilograms of uranium-235 en-
riched to 3.5 percent; and 
(2) no uranium-235 enriched to 20 percent; 
Whereas as of November 2011, Iran had produced, according 
to the IAEA— 
(1) nearly 5,000 kilograms of uranium-235 enriched 
to 3.5 percent; and 
(2) 79.7 kilograms of uranium-235 enriched to 20 
percent; 
Whereas, on January 9, 2011, IAEA inspectors confirmed 
that the Iranian Government had begun enrichment ac-
tivities at the Fordow site, including possibly enrichment 
of uranium-235 to 20 percent; 
Whereas if Iran were successful in acquiring a nuclear weap-
on capability, it would likely spur other countries in the 
region to consider developing their own nuclear weapons 
capabilities; 
Whereas, on December 6, 2011, Prince Turki al-Faisal of 
Saudi Arabia stated that if international efforts to pre-
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vent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons fail, ‘‘we must, 
as a duty to our country and people, look into all options 
we are given, including obtaining these weapons our-
selves’’; 
Whereas top Iranian leaders have repeatedly threatened the 
existence of the State of Israel, pledging to ‘‘wipe Israel 
off the map’’; 
Whereas the Department of State— 
(1) has designated Iran as a ‘‘State Sponsor of Ter-
rorism’’ since 1984; and 
(2) has characterized Iran as the ‘‘most active state 
sponsor of terrorism’’; 
Whereas Iran has provided weapons, training, funding, and 
direction 
to 
terrorist 
groups, 
including 
Hamas, 
Hezbollah, and Shiite militias in Iraq that are responsible 
for the murders of hundreds of American forces and in-
nocent civilians; 
Whereas, on July 28, 2011, the Department of the Treasury 
charged that the Government of Iran had forged a ‘‘se-
cret deal’’ with al Qaeda to facilitate the movement of al 
Qaeda fighters and funding through Iranian territory; 
Whereas in October 2011, senior leaders of Iran’s Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force were im-
plicated in a terrorist plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s 
Ambassador to the United States on United States soil; 
Whereas, on December 26, 2011, the United Nations General 
Assembly passed a resolution denouncing the serious 
human rights abuses occurring in Iran, including torture, 
cruel and degrading treatment in detention, the targeting 
of human rights defenders, violence against women, and 
‘‘the systematic and serious restrictions on freedom of 
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peaceful assembly’’ as well as severe restrictions on the 
rights to ‘‘freedom of thought, conscience, religion or be-
lief’’; 
Whereas President Obama has made repeated efforts through 
the P5+1 process to engage the Iranian Government in 
dialogue about Iran’s nuclear program and its inter-
national commitments under the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation Nuclear Weapons; 
Whereas in the 2006 State of the Union Address, President 
Bush stated that ‘‘The Iranian Government is defying 
the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of 
the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nu-
clear weapons.’’; 
Whereas, on March 31, 2010, President Obama stated that 
the ‘‘consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran are unaccept-
able’’; 
Whereas in his State of the Union Address on January 24, 
2012, President Obama stated: ‘‘Let there be no doubt: 
America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nu-
clear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to 
achieve that goal’’; 
Whereas Secretary of Defense Panetta stated, in December 
2011, that it was unacceptable for Iran to acquire nu-
clear weapons, reaffirmed that all options were on the 
table to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons efforts, and vowed 
that if the United States gets ‘‘intelligence that they are 
proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon then we will 
take whatever steps necessary to stop it’’; 
Whereas, on December 1, 2011, Deputy Secretary of State 
William J. Burns and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister 
Daniel Ayalon issued a joint statement in Washington, 
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DC, which emphasized that ‘‘Iran is the greatest chal-
lenge we face today in the Middle East’’ and that 
‘‘[c]ontinued efforts by the international community are 
critical to bringing about change in Iranian behavior and 
preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capa-
bility.’’; and 
Whereas the Department of Defense’s January 2012 Stra-
tegic Guidance stated that United States defense efforts 
in the Middle East would be aimed ‘‘to prevent Iran’s de-
velopment of a nuclear weapons capability and counter its 
destabilizing policies’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) warns that time is limited to prevent the 
Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weap-
ons capability; 
(2) urges continued and increasing economic 
and diplomatic pressure on Iran to secure an agree-
ment with the Government of Iran that includes— 
(A) the full and sustained suspension of all 
uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing 
activities; 
(B) complete cooperation with the IAEA 
on all outstanding questions related to Iran’s 
nuclear activities, including— 
(i) the implementation of the Addi-
tional Protocol to the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; and 
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(ii) the verified end of Iran’s ballistic 
missile programs; and 
(C) a permanent agreement that verifiably 
assures that Iran’s nuclear program is entirely 
peaceful; 
(3) expresses support for the universal rights 
and democratic aspirations of the Iranian people; 
(4) affirms that it is a vital national interest of 
the United States to prevent the Government of Iran 
from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability; 
(5) strongly supports United States policy to 
prevent the Government of Iran from acquiring a 
nuclear weapons capability; 
(6) rejects any United States policy that would 
rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable 
Iran; and 
(7) urges the President to reaffirm the 
unacceptability of an Iran with nuclear-weapons ca-
pability and opposition to any policy that would rely 
on containment as an option in response to the Ira-
nian nuclear threat. 
Æ 
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