[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 466 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 466
Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community
of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem
Soleimani, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 9, 2020
Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Ms. McSally, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Graham, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr.
Hawley, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Perdue, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
Sasse, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Inhofe, Mr.
Grassley, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rounds,
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr.
Shelby, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. McConnell) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the members of the Armed Forces and the intelligence community
of the United States who carried out the mission that killed Qasem
Soleimani, and for other purposes.
Whereas, on January 2, 2020, United States personnel killed terrorist leader
Qasem Soleimani during the course of a targeted strike against
terrorists engaged in planning imminent attacks against United States
persons and personnel;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-
Quds Force (IRGC-QF) terrorist organization, a global terrorism threat
to the United States and the international community;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani was the architect of terrorist attacks in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and elsewhere that killed hundreds of United States
personnel, including with weapons and improvised explosives provided
directly by the IRGC-QF;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani planned or supported numerous other deadly terrorist
attacks against the United States and its allies, including the 2011
plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
Adel al-Jubeir while he was in the United States and the December 31,
2019, attack on the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as well as
planned attacks in Germany, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain, Turkey,
and elsewhere;
Whereas, under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the Department of the
Treasury designated Qasem Soleimani for the imposition of sanctions
under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking
property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten
to commit, or support terrorism) for plotting to assassinate the Saudi
Arabian Ambassador to the United States, under Executive Order 13382 (50
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass
destruction proliferators and their supporters) based on Qasem
Soleimani's relationship to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and
under Executive Order 13572 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking
property of certain persons with respect to human rights abuses in
Syria);
Whereas the valiant members of the United States Armed Forces have courageously
and vigorously pursued the IRGC-QF and its affiliates in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and around the world;
Whereas the anonymous, unsung heroes of the intelligence community of the United
States have pursued the IRGC-QF and its affiliates in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and around the world with tremendous dedication, sacrifice, and
professionalism;
Whereas, although the death of Qasem Soleimani represents a significant blow to
the IRGC-QF and its affiliates and to terrorist organizations around the
world, terrorism remains a critical threat to the national security of
the United States;
Whereas Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC-QF have provided critical support to the
regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and pursued the targeted killing and
ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Sunni Muslims across the
Middle East; and
Whereas the IRGC-QF supports terrorist groups around the world, including
Kata'ib Hezbollah, the Taliban, Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-
General Command, and under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald J.
Trump, the Department of the Treasury designated the IRGC-QF for the
imposition of sanctions under Executive Order 13224 for providing
material support to terrorist organizations and as a foreign terrorist
organization: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) declares that the death of Qasem Soleimani represents a
measure of justice and relief for the families and friends of
the hundreds of men and women of the United States who lost
their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, the men and women around
the world who have been killed by other attacks sponsored by
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), and
the men and women of the Armed Forces and the intelligence
community of the United States who have sacrificed their lives
pursuing Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC-QF;
(2) commends the men and women of the Armed Forces and the
intelligence community of the United States for the tremendous
commitment, perseverance, professionalism, and sacrifice they
displayed in disrupting imminent terrorist attacks planned by
Qasem Soleimani;
(3) commends the men and women of the Armed Forces and the
intelligence community of the United States for committing
themselves to defeating, disrupting, and dismantling the IRGC-
QF;
(4) commends the President for ordering the successful
operations to locate and eliminate Qasem Soleimani; and
(5) reaffirms its commitment to disrupting, dismantling,
and defeating the IRGC-QF and affiliated organizations around
the world that threaten the national security of the United
States and to bringing terrorists to justice.
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