Condemning the Government of Iran for violating its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council.

Bill: 109-hconres-341
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control negotiations
China
Commemorations
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy
East Asia
Energy
Europe
France
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
International agencies
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Plutonium
President and foreign policy
Reactor fuel reprocessing
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
United Kingdom
United Nations
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Condemns the government of Iran's many failures to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, including its obligations under the Safeguards Agreement. 
 
 Commends the efforts of the governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to seek a credible suspension of Iran's enrichment- and reprocessing-related activities and to find a diplomatic means to address Iran's noncompliance with such obligations.
 
Calls on U.N. Security Council members, in particular the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, to consider and take action in response to the report of Iran's noncompliance in fulfillment of the Security Council's mandate to respond to situations bearing on the maintenance of international peace and security. 
 
Declares that Iran, through its many breaches of the Safeguards Agreement, has forfeited the right to develop any aspect of a nuclear fuel cycle, especially with uranium conversion and enrichment and plutonium reprocessing technology, equipment, and facilities. 
 
Calls on all members of the international community to impose economic sanctions to deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons. 
 
Urges the President to keep Congress fully and currently informed concerning Iran's violation of its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations.

action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Condemns the government of Iran's many failures to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, including its obligations under the Safeguards Agreement. 
 
 Commends the efforts of the governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to seek a credible suspension of Iran's enrichment- and reprocessing-related activities and to find a diplomatic means to address Iran's noncompliance with such obligations.
 
Calls on U.N. Security Council members, in particular the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, to consider and take action in response to the report of Iran's noncompliance in fulfillment of the Security Council's mandate to respond to situations bearing on the maintenance of international peace and security. 
 
Declares that Iran, through its many breaches of the Safeguards Agreement, has forfeited the right to develop any aspect of a nuclear fuel cycle, especially with uranium conversion and enrichment and plutonium reprocessing technology, equipment, and facilities. 
 
Calls on all members of the international community to impose economic sanctions to deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons. 
 
Urges the President to keep Congress fully and currently informed concerning Iran's violation of its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 404 - 4, 4 Present (Roll no. 12). (text: CR H337-338)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 404 - 4, 4 Present (Roll no. 12).(text: CR H337-338)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous  order of the House. (consideration: CR H350)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Con. Res. 341.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Considered pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR H337-351)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House