HRES 322 105th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control verification Diplomacy International military forces Iraq Middle East and North Africa Military operations United Nations Weapons of mass destruction

Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions…

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Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action or unilateral United States military action should be taken.

Introduced: November 12, 1997 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Nov 13, 1997

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Nov 13, 1997

Committee on International Relations discharged.

Nov 13, 1997

Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Nov 13, 1997

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Nov 13, 1997

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

Nov 13, 1997

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

Nov 13, 1997

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10949-10950)

Nov 13, 1997

Mr. Thune asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

Nov 12, 1997

Introduced in House

Nov 12, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10585)

Nov 12, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 480	Thune, John	–	Agreed to	Nov 13, 1997

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the current crisis regarding Iraq should be resolved peacefully through diplomatic means but in a manner which assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction; (2) if military means are necessary to compel compliance, such action should be undertaken with the broadest feasible multinational support, preferably pursuant to a decision of the Security Council; and (3) if necessary, the United States should take military action unilaterally to compel Iraqi compliance.

What's happening now November 13, 1997

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Bill text 2 versions

Engrossed in House Formatted Text PDF
Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Sherman, Brad

California · Nov 12, 1997

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 322: Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action or unilateral United States military action should be taken.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-322/

MLA

"H. Res. 322: Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action or unilateral United States military action should be taken.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-322/.

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H. Res. 322, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-322/.

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[H. Res. 322: Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures full Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action or unilateral United States military action should be taken.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-322/)