Title: A resolution honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem Soleimani, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution commends the President, U.S. Armed Forces, and intelligence community in leading a strike against Qasem Soleimani, leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, and reaffirms the commitment of the United States to countering global terrorism.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 466 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 466

Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community 
  of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem 
                   Soleimani, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2020

  Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Ms. McSally, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
  Cramer, Mr. Graham, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-
 Smith, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
  Hawley, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Perdue, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
    Sasse, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rounds, 
 Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
   Shelby, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. McConnell) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community 
  of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem 
                   Soleimani, and for other purposes.

Whereas, on January 2, 2020, United States personnel killed terrorist leader 
        Qasem Soleimani during the course of a targeted strike against 
        terrorists engaged in planning imminent attacks against United States 
        persons and personnel;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-
        Quds Force (IRGC-QF) terrorist organization, a global terrorism threat 
        to the United States and the international community;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the architect of terrorist attacks in Iraq, 
        Afghanistan, and elsewhere that killed hundreds of United States 
        personnel, including with weapons and improvised explosives provided 
        directly by the IRGC-QF;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani planned or supported numerous other deadly terrorist 
        attacks against the United States and its allies, including the 2011 
        plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States 
        Adel al-Jubeir while he was in the United States and the December 31, 
        2019, attack on the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as well as 
        planned attacks in Germany, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain, Turkey, 
        and elsewhere;
Whereas, under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the Department of the 
        Treasury designated Qasem Soleimani for the imposition of sanctions 
        under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
        property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten 
        to commit, or support terrorism) for plotting to assassinate the Saudi 
        Arabian Ambassador to the United States, under Executive Order 13382 (50 
        U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass 
        destruction proliferators and their supporters) based on Qasem 
        Soleimani's relationship to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and 
        under Executive Order 13572 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
        property of certain persons with respect to human rights abuses in 
        Syria);
Whereas the valiant members of the United States Armed Forces have courageously 
        and vigorously pursued the IRGC-QF and its affiliates in Iraq, 
        Afghanistan, and around the world;
Whereas the anonymous, unsung heroes of the intelligence community of the United 
        States have pursued the IRGC-QF and its affiliates in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
        and around the world with tremendous dedication, sacrifice, and 
        professionalism;
Whereas, although the death of Qasem Soleimani represents a significant blow to 
        the IRGC-QF and its affiliates and to terrorist organizations around the 
        world, terrorism remains a critical threat to the national security of 
        the United States;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC-QF have provided critical support to the 
        regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and pursued the targeted killing and 
        ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Sunni Muslims across the 
        Middle East; and
Whereas the IRGC-QF supports terrorist groups around the world, including 
        Kata'ib Hezbollah, the Taliban, Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian 
        Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-
        General Command, and under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald J. 
        Trump, the Department of the Treasury designated the IRGC-QF for the 
        imposition of sanctions under Executive Order 13224 for providing 
        material support to terrorist organizations and as a foreign terrorist 
        organization: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) declares that the death of Qasem Soleimani represents a 
        measure of justice and relief for the families and friends of 
        the hundreds of men and women of the United States who lost 
        their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, the men and women around 
        the world who have been killed by other attacks sponsored by 
        the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), and 
        the men and women of the Armed Forces and the intelligence 
        community of the United States who have sacrificed their lives 
        pursuing Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC-QF;
            (2) commends the men and women of the Armed Forces and the 
        intelligence community of the United States for the tremendous 
        commitment, perseverance, professionalism, and sacrifice they 
        displayed in disrupting imminent terrorist attacks planned by 
        Qasem Soleimani;
            (3) commends the men and women of the Armed Forces and the 
        intelligence community of the United States for committing 
        themselves to defeating, disrupting, and dismantling the IRGC-
        QF;
            (4) commends the President for ordering the successful 
        operations to locate and eliminate Qasem Soleimani; and
            (5) reaffirms its commitment to disrupting, dismantling, 
        and defeating the IRGC-QF and affiliated organizations around 
        the world that threaten the national security of the United 
        States and to bringing terrorists to justice.
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