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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: April 12, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 24, 1988
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-0. Record Vote No: 201.
Jun 24, 1988
Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-0. Record Vote No: 201.
Jun 24, 1988
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Jun 21, 1988
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 751.
Jun 21, 1988
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell with amendments and an amended preamble. Without written report.
Jun 21, 1988
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Apr 12, 1988
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 12, 1988
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now June 24, 1988

Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-0. Record Vote No: 201.

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