Full Text of SJR0031 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Iran remains the world's leading state-sponsor of | 3 | | terrorism; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) | 5 | | does not definitively block all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear | 6 | | bomb; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The 24-day window for inspecting undeclared | 8 | | facilities will allow Iran to hide most weaponization activity, | 9 | | centrifuge manufacturing, centrifuge components, computer | 10 | | modeling to simulate nuclear explosive devices, work on firing | 11 | | systems, experiments with explosive lenses, uranium | 12 | | stockpiles, incriminating documentation, computers and hard | 13 | | drives, and missile components; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The JCPOA fails to achieve "anytime, anywhere" | 15 | | inspections necessary for monitoring Iran's nuclear program; | 16 | | the JCPOA also forbids American inspectors from verifying | 17 | | Iran's nuclear program; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Iranian leaders have proudly boasted that the | 19 | | JCPOA provides for no inspections on Iran's military sites; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The "managed access" allowed in this deal will be |
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| 1 | | insufficient for ensuring that Iran not acquire nuclear | 2 | | weapons; this deal also does not require Iran to come clean on | 3 | | the past military dimensions of its nuclear program, which | 4 | | would be necessary to accurately gauge Iran's breakout | 5 | | capacity; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The JCPOA will give Iran access to up to $150 | 7 | | billion - nearly half of Iran's annual gross domestic product - | 8 | | which will embolden the autocratic regime to confront the | 9 | | United States, destabilize the Middle East, and discourage | 10 | | Iranian moderates; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The agreement puts in place temporary | 12 | | restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for | 13 | | near-immediate permanent sanctions relief for Iran; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The JCPOA legitimizes Iran's nuclear program and | 15 | | enables the Ayatollah's Iran to become a nuclear threshold | 16 | | state in 15 years, while leaving almost all of Iran's extensive | 17 | | nuclear infrastructure intact; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The human rights situation in Iran continues to | 19 | | deteriorate, according to a June 2015 State Department report; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 2 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support the finding of the best | 3 | | long-term solution for peace and security in the Middle East | 4 | | and a nuclear-free Iran and call upon Congress to oppose the | 5 | | current inadequate deal and press for a new deal that will | 6 | | prevent all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear bomb; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the members of the Illinois congressional | 10 | | delegation.
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