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HCONRES 340 105th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control verification Biological weapons Chemical weapons Government Operations and Politics International obligations Iraq Middle East and North Africa Military operations Nuclear weapons President and foreign policy United Nations Weapons of mass destruction

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Iraq is in unacceptable and material breach of its international obligations, that the United States should insist on the removal, destruction, or otherwise rendering harmless of Iraq's programs for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, and that the United States should fully support the right of inspectors with the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq to unfettered and unannounced inspections of suspected weapons facilities.

Introduced: October 8, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Oct 8, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Iraq is in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations. Calls for the President to: (1) take appropriate action to bring Iraq into compliance with such obligations; (2) insist on the removal, destruction, or rendering harmless of Iraq's programs for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons; (3) fully support the right of inspectors of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) to unfettered and unannounced inspections of suspected weapons facilities; and (4) not renege on past warnings issued by the President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense that the United States is committed to using military force, if necessary, to punish Iraq for interfering with or obstructing UNSCOM's weapons inspections.

What's happening now October 9, 1998

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1973-1974)

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