IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 549
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President
should work to achieve a clearly defined agreement which establishes
a multilateral export control regime to stem the proliferation of militarily
critical products, technology, and advanced strategic weapons to rogue
regimes that jeopardize international peace and the national security
of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1994
Mr. GILMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
the President should work to achieve a clearly defined
agreement which establishes a multilateral export control
regime to stem the proliferation of militarily critical
products, technology, and advanced strategic weapons to
rogue regimes that jeopardize international peace and
the national security of the United States.
Whereas the United States and its partners in the Coordinat-
ing Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘CoCom’’), the
multinational body that controlled strategic exports to the
former Soviet Union and other Communist States, agreed
to disband the organization on March 31, 1994;
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Whereas no successor has yet been established to replace
CoCom;
Whereas multilateral controls are urgently needed to thwart
efforts of Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, and other
rogue regimes to acquire advanced strategic weapons and
militarily critical products and technology that could con-
tribute to such nations’ efforts to build threatening offen-
sive weapons capabilities;
Whereas the United States should make a high-level effort to
achieve an effective replacement control regime to
CoCom;
Whereas the Administration has been trying for more than
one year to negotiate such a replacement regime that
would merge the existing CoCom regime for East-West
technology controls into a global nonproliferation regime
and would specifically target rogue regimes such as Iran,
Iraq, North Korea, and Libya;
Whereas support by such regimes for threatening activities,
including acts of international terrorism, poses a national
security threat to the United States and its allies;
Whereas the Administration is now giving active consider-
ation to the inclusion in this replacement regime of Rus-
sia, other former Warsaw Pact States, and possibly
China;
Whereas police in Germany have made 4 seizures this year
of nuclear contraband from Russia where nuclear facili-
ties are vulnerable to pilfering;
Whereas the plutonium in one such seizure was 87 percent
of a highly enriched isotope used in nuclear weapons and
is alleged to originate from a Russian nuclear weapons
plant;
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Whereas the Administration needs to ensure that Russia
takes prompt and effective action to tighten export con-
trols on nuclear weapons components;
Whereas Russia has sold destabilizing weapons to Iran and
has not indicated that it is prepared to stop or curtail
such sales in the future;
Whereas the Administration should oppose Russian member-
ship in the CoCom successor regime until Russia uncon-
ditionally terminates the sale and transfer of all advanced
conventional weapons to Iran and any other rogue re-
gimes;
Whereas the Administration has failed to publicly identify
Russia as a country that is transferring advanced conven-
tional weapons to Iran pursuant to the provisions of the
Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992; and
Whereas Russia and other countries should qualify for mem-
bership only to the extent that they are beginning to im-
plement effective export controls, adhering to the control
lists and the guidelines of the existing multilateral re-
gimes (including the Nuclear Supplier’s Group, the Mis-
sile Technology Control Regime and the Australia
Group), adhering to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons and the existing biological and
chemical weapons conventions, and agreeing to stop pro-
viding destabilizing weapons to rogue regimes: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that—
(1) the President should work to achieve a
clearly defined agreement which establishes a multi-
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lateral export control regime to stem the prolifera-
tion of militarily critical products and technology
and advanced strategic weapons to rogue regimes
that jeopardize international peace and the national
security of the United States and its allies; and
(2) no country should qualify for membership
unless it has begun to implement effective export
controls, adheres to the control list and the guide-
lines of the existing multilateral regimes including
the Nuclear Supplier’s Group, the Missile Tech-
nology Control Regime, and the Australia Group,
adheres to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons and the existing biological and
chemical weapons conventions, and has stopped pro-
viding advanced strategic weapons to Iran, Iraq,
Libya, and North Korea.
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