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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 398
Condemning Iran’s failure to comply with its international nuclear obligations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY8, 2025
Mr. B
AUMGARTNERsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Condemning Iran’s failure to comply with its international
nuclear obligations.
Whereas the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
plays an essential role in monitoring and verifying the
compliance of signatories to the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) with their safe-
guards obligations;
Whereas the IAEA Director General and the Secretariat have
conducted professional, independent, and impartial ef-
forts to monitor Iran’s compliance with its NPT-required
safeguards obligations, enhanced IAEA monitoring agree-
ments, and other additional protocols;
Whereas the IAEA has identified multiple outstanding safe-
guards issues related to Iran’s nuclear activities, includ-
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ing the presence of undeclared nuclear material at mul-
tiple sites;
Whereas Iran has repeatedly failed to fully cooperate with the
IAEA despite multiple resolutions by the IAEA Board of
Governors calling upon Iran to urgently fulfill its NPT-
related obligations and resolve outstanding safeguards
issues;
Whereas Iran’s recent public statements regarding its tech-
nical capabilities to produce nuclear weapons and poten-
tial changes to its nuclear doctrine have raised further
concerns about the true intent of Iran’s nuclear program;
Whereas the IAEA Director General has stated that, unless
and until Iran provides credible explanations for the pres-
ence of undeclared uranium particles and discloses the lo-
cation of missing nuclear material, the IAEA cannot con-
firm the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear pro-
gram;
Whereas, on January 23, 2025, IAEA Director General
Rafael Grossi reported that Iran has ramped up its pro-
duction of 60 percent enriched uranium from 7 kg to
over 30 kg per month and now holds about 200 kg—
enough to produce at least 5 nuclear weapons if further
enriched to 90 percent;
Whereas Iran’s actions undermine regional stability and in-
crease the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle
East;
Whereas the failure of Iran to fully comply with its nuclear
obligations necessitates the imposition of additional diplo-
matic and economic measures to ensure its adherence to
international norms;
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Whereas diplomatic measures must prioritize working with
the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (the E3) to
advance efforts to trigger snapback proceedings under
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 before
the mechanism expires in October 2025;
Whereas, on January 19, 1984, the United States designated
the Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of inter-
national terrorism;
Whereas, on July 14, 2022, in the Jerusalem U.S.-Israel
Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration, which was
signed between the United States and Israel, the United
States stressed its commitment ‘‘never to allow Iran to
acquire a nuclear weapon, and that [the United States]
is prepared to use all elements of its national power to
ensure that outcome’’;
Whereas the 118th Congress, in H. Res. 559, adopted on No-
vember 1, 2023, resolved that it is the policy of the
United States to use all means necessary to prevent Iran
from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and
Whereas Congress has the exclusive responsibility to author-
ize the use of force under section 8(a)(1) of the War
Powers Resolution: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) supports the continued efforts of the Inter-2
national Atomic Energy Agency to verify Iran’s com-3
pliance with its Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 4
Nuclear Weapons Safeguards Agreement; 5
(2) condemns Iran for its persistent failure to 6
cooperate with the International Atomic Energy 7
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Agency and for its lack of transparency regarding its 1
nuclear program; 2
(3) calls upon Iran to immediately fulfill its ob-3
ligations under its Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 4
of Nuclear Weapons Safeguards Agreement and re-5
solve all outstanding safeguards issues; 6
(4) urges Iran to reinstate the designation of all 7
necessary International Atomic Energy Agency in-8
spectors and provide them with full and unfettered 9
access to all relevant nuclear sites; 10
(5) calls on the United States Government, in 11
coordination with international allies and partners, 12
to take all necessary diplomatic and economic meas-13
ures to hold Iran accountable for its violations of its 14
nuclear commitments; 15
(6) supports the International Atomic Energy 16
Agency Director General’s ongoing efforts to engage 17
with Iran and urges Iran to comply with its inter-18
national nuclear obligations and to end its continued 19
pursuit of nuclear weapons; and 20
(7) asserts that should international efforts fail 21
to address the nuclear threat posed by Iran, and 22
should Iran withdraw from the Treaty on the Non- 23
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or should the 24
United States National Intelligence Estimate con-25
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clude that Iran has crossed the nuclear threshold, 1
Congress should take all necessary and appropriate 2
steps to authorize the use of the United States 3
Armed Forces against the Islamic Republic of Iran. 4
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