Whereas the United States and Israel have a long history of mutually beneficial security cooperation; Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaging in destabilizing activities such as the pursuit of nuclear weapons and the advanced development of ballistic missiles that threaten the United States and Israel; Whereas, according to testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), restrictions to Iran’s ballistic missile development were reduced and Iran’s missile inventory is expected to double by 2030; Whereas in October 2020, the United Nations’ ban on assistance to Iranian arms exports and imports will be lifted as a result of the JCPOA; Whereas in October 2023, the United Nations’ ban on assistance to Iran’s ballistic missile program will be lifted as a result of the JCPOA; Whereas Iranian ballistic missiles are capable of reaching Israel; Whereas, according to congressional testimony, Iran has the region’s largest and most diverse arsenal of ballistic missiles ; Whereas Iran continues to test and develop advanced ballistic missiles in direct defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 according to the Department of State; Whereas the United States intelligence community assesses that Iran’s ballistic missiles are capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction; Whereas in 2017, the Department of State announced new sanctions against 18 entities and individuals supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program and for supporting Iran’s military procurement of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as an Iran-based transnational criminal organization and associated persons ; Whereas the JCPOA allows Iran to continue to construct advanced centrifuges, such as the IR–4, IR–6, and IR–8 centrifuges, that can produce highly enriched uranium at quick industrialized speeds, in return for retiring the inefficient, out-dated IR–1 centrifuges