HRES 471
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A resolution to condemn the use of chemical weapons by Iraq and urge the President to continue applying diplomatic pressure to prevent their further use, and urge the Administration to step up efforts to achieve an international ban on chemical weapons.
Introduced: June 15, 1988
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Became law
Oct 13, 1988
Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Sep 13, 1988
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Aug 3, 1988
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Aug 3, 1988
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 3, 1988
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science Discharged.
Aug 3, 1988
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade Discharged.
Aug 3, 1988
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East Discharged.
Jul 21, 1988
Executive Comment Received From ACDA.
Jul 5, 1988
Executive Comment Requested from State, DOD, Arms Control & Disarm Agcy.
Jun 27, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Jun 27, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jun 27, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Jun 15, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 15, 1988
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the use of chemical weapons by Iraq and calls upon Iraq to halt the use of such weapons.
Commends the President for his prompt condemnation of Iraq's recent chemical weapons attack on civilians.
Urges the President to: (1) seek allied cooperation to tighten controls on the export of chemical compounds to countries seeking to develop a chemical weapons capability; (2) make appropriate diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from developing or using chemical weapons; and (3) intensify American efforts at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament and in bilateral discussions with the Soviet Union to achieve an arms control agreement banning the production, use, and transfer of chemical weapons.
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Executive Comment Received From DOD.