Title: Committing to ensuring that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon and supporting the important work of the International Atomic Energy Agency in safeguarding nuclear material around the globe.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1307 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1307

 Committing to ensuring that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon 
 and supporting the important work of the International Atomic Energy 
       Agency in safeguarding nuclear material around the globe.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2022

Mr. Schneider (for himself and Mr. Fleischmann) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Committing to ensuring that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon 
 and supporting the important work of the International Atomic Energy 
       Agency in safeguarding nuclear material around the globe.

Whereas Congress and several successive Presidential administrations have long 
        sought to prevent Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon;
Whereas it is currently estimated that Iran is almost to the point of having 
        enough highly enriched nuclear material to produce a nuclear weapon, if 
        further enriched;
Whereas, on March 3, 2020, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
        Director General reported to the Agency's Board of Governors that 
        nuclear material was found at 3 previously undisclosed locations in 
        Iran;
Whereas the IAEA reported it began investigating this matter pursuant to Iran's 
        IAEA safeguards obligations in 2019;
Whereas the IAEA and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced an 
        agreement on March 5, 2022, wherein Iran committed to provide the IAEA 
        with information and documents in response to the IAEA's questions 
        related to uranium particles discovered at undeclared sites in Iran;
Whereas, on June 6, 2022, the Director General of the IAEA stated that ``Iran 
        has not provided explanations that are technically credible in relation 
        to the Agency's findings at three undeclared locations in Iran. Nor has 
        Iran informed the Agency of the current location, or locations, of the 
        nuclear material and/or of the equipment contaminated with nuclear 
        material, that was moved from Turquzabad in 2018'';
Whereas, on June 8, 2022, the IAEA Board of Governors overwhelmingly adopted a 
        resolution calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA on an urgent basis 
        to fulfill its safeguards obligations and expressing profound concern 
        with Iran's insufficient substantive cooperation thus far, with 30 Board 
        Members voting in favor, 2 voting against, and 3 abstaining;
Whereas the IAEA Board of Governors resolution called upon Iran to ``act on an 
        urgent basis to fulfill its legal obligations and, without delay, take 
        up the Director General's offer of further engagement to clarify and 
        resolve all outstanding safeguards issues'';
Whereas shortly before the IAEA Board of Governors vote adopting the resolution, 
        Iran announced it would remove 27 IAEA cameras installed to monitor the 
        separate issue of Iran's JCPOA commitments at certain Iranian facilities 
        and Iran has since followed through on disconnecting these cameras; and
Whereas following the vote of the IAEA Board of Governors, Iran informed the 
        IAEA it would install additional cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges 
        at its Natanz facility, and Iran has since followed through on 
        installing these advanced centrifuges: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reiterates its commitment to ensuring Iran will never 
        acquire a nuclear weapon;
            (2) supports the important work of the IAEA in safeguarding 
        nuclear material around the globe;
            (3) condemns Iran for its lack of transparency and 
        meaningful cooperation with the IAEA on this unresolved matter 
        of uranium particles discovered at undeclared sites in Iran and 
        for its additional escalatory actions related to its nuclear 
        program; and
            (4) applauds the IAEA Board of Governors resolution urging 
        Iran's full cooperation with the IAEA on outstanding safeguards 
        issues on an urgent basis.
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