# H.Res. 1099 (119th): This resolution states that the House of Representatives declares it is the policy of the United States that Iran continues to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

This resolution states that the House of Representatives declares it is the policy of the United States that Iran continues to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: counterterrorism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: iran. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: state_sponsor_of_terrorism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: terrorism. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 84: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution opposes state sponsorship of terrorism, a real moral concern, but it is a declaratory policy statement with no operative restraint or advancement of harm. Its effect rests on prudential foreign-policy judgment rather than a direct moral act, so it is best classed as mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure concerns the civil authority's duty to resist terror and protect the innocent, which Scripture grounds in the sword-bearing office of government (Romans 13:4). Whether a nation's official characterization of a foreign regime is accurate and prudent falls within civil judgment and is not a matter of direct moral verdict. Its relevance lies in opposing sponsorship of violence against the innocent, while recognizing that a declaratory statement carries no independent moral force beyond its accuracy and wisdom.

## Recorded votes

Roll 84: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. Yea 372 · Nay 53 · Other 7.

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