IV 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 795 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2018 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Norcross ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Recognizing the United States role in the evolving energy landscape of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Whereas natural gas demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman is projected to continue to outpace production; Whereas yearly per capita electricity consumption is expected to increase dramatically across GCC member countries; Whereas the value of new energy-related construction contracts are to exceed $23 billion in 2018, with the total value of current contracts reportedly over $200 billion; Whereas, in 2006, GCC member countries expressed an interest in the peaceful use of nuclear energy; Whereas GCC member countries have already signed nuclear agreements with numerous other countries; Whereas the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are actively marketing their respective nuclear technologies to GCC member countries; Whereas United States nuclear technology, nonproliferation, and safety standards are the best in the world; Whereas the United States has agreements with only one of the six GCC member countries pertaining to peaceful civilian nuclear cooperation; and Whereas the six GCC member countries are signatories to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Now, therefore, be it