,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ghc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,january #i1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,crenshaw submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1
 and in addition to the ,committees on  
,armed ,services1 and ,intelligence     
7,permanent ,select71 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,honoring the members of  
the military and intelligence community 
who carried out the mission that killed 
,qasem ,soleimani1 and for other        
purposes4  ,whereas on ,january #b1     
#bjbj1 the ,united ,states military     
killed ,qasem ,soleimani the leader of  
the ,islamic ,revolutionary ,guard      
,corps-,quds ,force 7,,irgc-,,qf7       
terrorist organization in a decisive    
operation to disrupt the planning of    
ongoing attacks and deter future attacks

 against ,americans2 ,whereas the       
,,irgc-,,qf is a global terrorism threat
 to the ,united ,states and the         
international community2 ,whereas ,qasem
 ,soleimani was the architect of        
terrorist attacks in ,iraq that killed  
at least #fjj ,americans and wounded    
many others1 and planned or supported   
numerous other deadly terrorist attacks 
against the ,united ,states and its     
allies2 ,whereas the ,,irgc-,,qf1       
designated pursuant to ,executive ,order
 #acbbd for providing material support  
to the ,taliban and other terrorist     
organizations on ,october #be1 #bjjg1 is
 a branch of the ,,irgc responsible for 
external operations and has provided    
material support to numerous terrorist  
groups1 including the ,taliban1         
,lebanese ,hizballah1 ,,hamas1 and      
,palestinian ,islamic ,jihad1 making it 
a key component of ,iran's destabilizing
 regional activities2 ,whereas          
,president ,obama designated the        
,,irgc-,,qf pursuant to ,executive      

,order #acegb for human rights abuses in
 ,syria1 including torture and arbitrary
 arrests of peaceful protests2 ,whereas 
the ,,irgc-,,qf's parent organization1  
the ,,irgc1 was designated as a         
terrorism-supporting entity pursuant to 
,executive ,order #acbbd on ,october    
#ac1 #bjag1 and on ,april #ae1 #bjai1   
was designated as a ,foreign ,terrorist 
,organization by the ,secretary of      
,state2 ,whereas the ,department of     
,state designated the ,,irgc1 and ,qasem
 ,soleimani based on his relationship to
 the ,,irgc1 for proliferation          
activities related to nuclear           
capabilities under ,executive ,order    
#acchb2 ,whereas ,united ,nations       
,security ,council ,resolution #agdg    
designated ,qasem ,soleimani as being   
engaged in1 directly associated with or 
providing support for ,iran's           
proliferation of nuclear activities2 and
 ,whereas while the death of ,qasem     
,soleimani represents a significant blow
 to the ,,irgc-,,qf and its affiliates  

and to terrorist organizations around   
the world1 terrorism remains a critical 
threat to ,united ,states national      
security3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
commends the men and women of the       
,united ,states ,armed ,forces and the  
,united ,states intelligence community  
for the tremendous commitment1          
perseverance1 professionalism1 and      
sacrifice they displayed in disrupting  
,qasem ,soleimani's planned terrorist   
attacks2 and  7#b7 reaffirms its        
commitment to disrupting1 dismantling1  
and defeating the ,,irgc-,,qf and       
affiliated organizations around the     
world that threaten ,united ,states     
national security and to bringing       
terrorists to justice4