IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 559 
Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic 
of Iran is not acceptable. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2023 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GOLDEN of 
Maine, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, 
and Ms. MANNING) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear 
Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable. 
Whereas an Islamic Republic of Iran that possesses a nuclear 
weapon would be an unacceptable threat to regional and 
global security; 
Whereas Iran continues to enrich and stockpile uranium far 
in excess of the limits set under United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2231 (2015); 
Whereas the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
confirmed in May 2023 that Iran continues to enrich 
uranium to 60-percent purity; 
Whereas the United States Ambassador to the Vienna Office 
of the United Nations and to the IAEA, Laura Holgate, 
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affirmed ‘‘Iran’s production of uranium enriched up to 
60 percent has no credible peaceful purpose.’’; 
Whereas IAEA investigators found uranium particles en-
riched to 83.7 percent at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility 
in January 2023; 
Whereas uranium enriched to 90 percent is weapons-grade 
material; 
Whereas at a press conference in January 2023, IAEA Direc-
tor General Rafael Grossi stated regarding Iran: ‘‘One 
thing is true: They have amassed enough nuclear mate-
rial for several nuclear weapons.’’; 
Whereas, in March 2023, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, General Mark Milley, testified that ‘‘Iran could 
produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon in less than 
two weeks and would only take several more months to 
produce an actual nuclear weapon.’’; 
Whereas Iran is now in possession of irreversible and dan-
gerous nuclear knowledge; 
Whereas Iran’s ongoing nuclear escalation poses a serious 
threat to the United States and its partners and allies in-
cluding Israel; and 
Whereas international complacency toward Iran’s illicit nu-
clear program threatens the global nonproliferation re-
gime: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives declares 
it is the policy of the United States— 
(1) that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is 
not acceptable; 
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(2) that Iran must not be able to obtain a nu-
clear weapon under any circumstances or conditions; 
(3) to use all means necessary to prevent Iran 
from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and 
(4) to recognize and support the freedom of ac-
tion of partners and allies, including Israel, to pre-
vent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 
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