H.Res. 568 · 112th Congress

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

Stage
Passed chamber resolution
Introduced
2012-03-01
Latest action
2012-05-17 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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 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.