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Warns that time is limited to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Urges continued and increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to secure an agreement that includes: (1) Iran's suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, (2) complete cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding questions related to Iran's nuclear activities, and (3) a permanent agreement that verifiably assures that Iran's nuclear program is entirely peaceful. Supports the universal rights and democratic aspirations of the Iranian people.
Affirms that it is a vital U.S. national interest to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Supports U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Rejects any policy that would rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable Iran.
Urges the President to reaffirm the unacceptability of an Iran with nuclear-weapons capability and the opposition to any policy that would rely on containment as an option in response to the Iranian nuclear threat.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 568 as passed House amended on May 17, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 17, 2012
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability
Passed · Two-thirds required
401 Yea 11 Nay 10 not voting · 9 present
Crossed both parties 11 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Res. 568 and vote against it. 9 signed when it was filed.
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Organizations that named H.Res. 568 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
7 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.