Title: Expressing support for continued cooperation between Israel and the United States to ensure adequate capabilities to counter Iran's destabilizing activities and support shared interests, including stability and safety in the Middle East, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Supports: (1) U.S.-Israel cooperation to counter Iran's destabilizing activities, (2) enhancing Israel's deterrence capabilities, (3) including Israel in the first tier of countries receiving strategic trade authorization, and (4) the U.S. declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 785 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 785

  Expressing support for continued cooperation between Israel and the 
    United States to ensure adequate capabilities to counter Iran's 
   destabilizing activities and support shared interests, including 
    stability and safety in the Middle East, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2018

 Mr. Conaway submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for continued cooperation between Israel and the 
    United States to ensure adequate capabilities to counter Iran's 
   destabilizing activities and support shared interests, including 
    stability and safety in the Middle East, and for other purposes.

Whereas the State of Israel plays a critical role in United States peace and 
        security, and section 4 of the United States-Israel Strategic 
        Partnership Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-296) declared Israel ``a major 
        strategic partner of the United States'';
Whereas the United States and Israel have a long history of mutually beneficial 
        security cooperation;
Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaging in destabilizing activities 
        throughout the Middle East that threaten United States interests and the 
        interests of our allies, including Israel;
Whereas Iran continues to support terrorist proxies that continue to threaten 
        Israel and regional stability;
Whereas Iran continues to support the Assad regime despite Assad's atrocities 
        against his own people;
Whereas in 2017, the Secretary of State certified to the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives that ``Iran remains a leading state sponsor of terror 
        through many platforms and methods'';
Whereas since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Syria has become a 
        central source of regional instability and as such is a threat to 
        Israel's northern border;
Whereas Iran continues to provide support in the form of advanced weapons to the 
        Houthi rebels in Yemen as well as threaten freedom of navigation in the 
        Red Sea;
Whereas in October 2020, the United Nations ban on Iranian arms exports and 
        imports will be lifted as a result of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
        Action;
Whereas in October 2023, the United Nations ban on assistance to Iran's 
        ballistic missile program will be lifted as a result of the Joint 
        Comprehensive Plan of Action;
Whereas Iranian ballistic missiles are capable of reaching Israel;
Whereas Iran continues to test and develop advanced ballistic missiles in 
        ``direct defiance of the UN security Council Resolution 2231'' according 
        to the Department of State;
Whereas in 2017, the Department of State announced new sanctions against ``18 
        entities and individuals supporting Iran's ballistic missile program and 
        for supporting Iran's military procurement of Iran's Islamic 
        Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as an Iran-based transnational 
        criminal organization and associated persons'';
Whereas the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (Public Law 
        113-296) requires the administration to take steps to include Israel in 
        the first tier of countries receiving strategic trade authorization;
Whereas in 2016, the United States and Israel signed a new memorandum of 
        understanding which covers fiscal years 2019 through 2028 and will 
        provide Israel with $38 billion in Foreign Military Financing and 
        missile defense assistance; and
Whereas the United States announced its intention to move the United States 
        Embassy to Israel's capital, Jerusalem, by May 2018: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports continued cooperation between Israel and the 
        United States to ensure adequate capabilities to counter Iran's 
        destabilizing activities and support shared interests, 
        including stability and safety in the Middle East;
            (2) supports enhancing Israel's deterrence capabilities and 
        other defensive measures;
            (3) reaffirms the 2016 memorandum of understanding between 
        the United States and Israel with utmost importance;
            (4) supports the need to include Israel in the first tier 
        of countries receiving strategic trade authorization;
            (5) reaffirms the United States statement of policy in the 
        United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (Public 
        Law 113-296) to ``pursue every opportunity to deepen 
        cooperation with Israel on a range of critical issues including 
        defense, homeland security, energy, and cybersecurity''; and
            (6) supports the United States declaration that recognizes 
        Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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