112th Congress > House > Vote 1205

Date: 2012-05-17

Result: 401-11 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 261

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Defense Policy Resolutions

Bill number: HRES568

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability

Bill summary: Warns that time is limited to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Urges continued and increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to secure an agreement that includes: (1) Iran's suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, (2) complete cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding questions related to Iran's nuclear activities, and (3) a permanent agreement that verifiably assures that Iran's nuclear (...show more) program is entirely peaceful. Supports the universal rights and democratic aspirations of the Iranian people. Affirms that it is a vital U.S. national interest to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Supports U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Rejects any policy that would rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable Iran. Urges the President to reaffirm the unacceptability of an Iran with nuclear-weapons capability and the opposition to any policy that would rely on containment as an option in response to the Iranian nuclear threat.

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Bill titles: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

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