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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3741 

To establish the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 9, 2015 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. BERA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CICILLINE, Miss RICE of New 

York, Mr. DELANEY, and Mr. HANNA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish the Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear 

Compliance. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission to Verify 

5 Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMMISSION TO VERIFY IRANIAN NUCLEAR COM7 PLIANCE. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

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1 clear Compliance (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 

2 ‘‘Commission’’). 

3 (b) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES.—The Commission 

4 shall— 

5 (1) continually verify that the Islamic Republic 

6 of Iran is complying with its obligations and com7 mitments under the agreement; 

8 (2) continually assess the adequacy of the safe9 guards and other control mechanisms and other as10 surances contained in the agreement with respect to 

11 Iran’s nuclear program to ensure Iran’s activities 

12 permitted thereunder are not being used to further 

13 any nuclear-related military or nuclear explosive pur14 pose, including for any research on or development 

15 of any nuclear explosive device or any other nuclear16 related military purpose; 

17 (3) continually assess the capacity and capa18 bility of the International Atomic Energy Agency 

19 (IAEA) to effectively implement the verification re20 gime required by or related to the agreement, includ21 ing whether the IAEA has sufficient access to inves22 tigate suspicious sites or allegations of covert nu23 clear-related activities and whether it has the re24 quired funding, manpower, and authority to adminVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:00 Oct 15, 2015 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3741.IH H3741

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1 ister the verification regime required by or related to 

2 the agreement; and 

3 (4) submit to Congress the reports required by 

4 section 5. 

5 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 

6 (a) SELECTION AND MEMBERSHIP.—The Commis7 sion shall be composed of 20 members as follows: 

8 (1) Four Members of the House of Representa9 tives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Rep10 resentatives. Two Members shall be selected from 

11 the majority party and two Members shall be se12 lected, after consultation with the minority leader of 

13 the House, from the minority party. 

14 (2) Four Members of the Senate appointed by 

15 the President of the Senate. Two Members shall be 

16 selected, after consultation with the majority leader, 

17 from the majority party, and two Members shall be 

18 selected, after consultation with the minority leader, 

19 from the minority party. 

20 (3) Two Members of the House of Representa21 tives appointed by the chairman of the Committee 

22 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

23 (4) Two Members of the House of Representa24 tives appointed by the ranking minority member of 


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1 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 (5) Two Members of the Senate appointed by 

4 the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 of the Senate. 

6 (6) Two Members of the Senate appointed by 

7 the ranking minority member of the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

9 (7) One member of the Department of State 

10 appointed by the President of the United States. 

11 (8) One member of the Department of Defense 

12 appointed by the President of the United States. 

13 (9) One member of the Department of Energy 

14 appointed by the President of the United States. 

15 (10) One member of the Department of the 

16 Treasury appointed by the President of the United 

17 States. 

18 (b) CHAIRPERSON AND CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Chair20 person and Co-chairperson of the Commission. 

21 (2) DESIGNATION OF CHAIRPERSON.—At the 

22 beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the 

23 President of the Senate, on the recommendation of 

24 the majority leader, shall designate one of the Sen25 ate members as Chairperson of the Commission. At 


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1 the beginning of each even numbered Congress, the 

2 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall des3 ignate one of the House members as Chairperson of 

4 the Commission. 

5 (3) DESIGNATION OF CO-CHAIRPERSON.—At 

6 the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the 

7 President of the Senate, on the recommendation of 

8 the minority leader, shall designate one of the Sen9 ate members as Co-chairperson of the Commission. 

10 At the beginning of each even numbered Congress, 

11 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the 

12 recommendation of the minority leader, shall des13 ignate one of the House members as Co-chairperson 

14 of the Commission. 

15 (c) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—Members of 

16 the Commission may not receive additional pay, allow17 ances, or benefits by reason of their service on the Com18 mission. 

19 SEC. 4. TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF EVI20 DENCE; ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA; ADMINIS21 TRATION OF OATHS. 

22 (a) TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF

23 EVIDENCE.—In carrying out this Act, the Commission 

24 may require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance 

25 and testimony of such witnesses and the production of 


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1 such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, pa2 pers, and documents as it deems necessary. 

3 (b) SUBPOENAS.—Subpoenas shall be issued jointly 

4 by the Chairperson and Co-chairperson of the Commis5 sion, and may be served by any person designated by the 

6 Chairperson and Co-chairperson. 

7 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS.—The Chairperson 

8 of the Commission, or any member designated by the 

9 Chairperson, may administer oaths to any witness. 

10 SEC. 5. COMMISSION REPORTS. 

11 (a) REPORT ON MATTERS COVERED BY THIS ACT.— 

12 The Commission shall submit to Congress a report with 

13 respect to the matters covered by this Act not later than 

14 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

15 on an annual basis thereafter. The Commission shall pro16 vide information relating to the agreement to Members of 

17 the House and Senate as requested. 

18 (b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.—For each fiscal 

19 year for which an appropriation is made the Commission 

20 shall submit to Congress a report on its expenditures 

21 under such appropriation. 

22 (c) JUSTIFICATION OF BUDGET.—The Commission 

23 shall prepare and submit to Congress a justification of the 

24 annual budget of the Commission at the time of submis25 sion of the annual budget of the President to Congress 


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1 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

2 Code. 

3 SEC. 6. STAFF OF COMMISSION. 

4 (a) STAFF.— 

5 (1) STAFF DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall 

6 have a staff director, who shall be appointed jointly 

7 by the Chairperson and Co-chairperson of the Com8 mission and whose pay shall be fixed jointly by the 

9 Chairperson and Co-chairperson of the Commission. 

10 (2) OTHER STAFF.—The Chairperson of the 

11 Commission shall appoint and fix the pay of other 

12 personnel of the Commission, subject to the approval 

13 of at least 2 of the following members of the Com14 mission: 

15 (A) The Co-chairperson of the Commis16 sion. 

17 (B) For purposes of each even numbered 

18 Congress, a Senate member of the Commission 

19 designated by the President of the Senate, on 

20 the recommendation of the majority leader. For 

21 purposes of each odd-numbered Congress, a 

22 House member of the Commission designated 

23 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

24 (C) For purposes of each even numbered 

25 Congress, a Senate member of the Commission 


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1 designated by the President of the Senate, on 

2 the recommendation of the minority leader. For 

3 purposes of each odd numbered Congress, a 

4 House member of the Commission designated 

5 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

6 on the recommendation of the minority leader. 

7 (b) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AS HOUSE EMPLOY8 EES.—For purposes of pay and other employment bene9 fits, rights, and privileges, and for all other purposes, in10 cluding the applicability of the Rules of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Congressional Accountability Act of 

12 1995, each employee of the Commission shall be consid13 ered an employee of the House of Representatives. For 

14 purposes of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, 

15 the Commission shall be considered an employing office 

16 with respect to its employees. 

17 (c) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government employee 

18 may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement 

19 from the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the 

20 rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular employ21 ment without interruption. 

22 (d) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission is au23 thorized to procure the services of experts and consultants 

24 in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 

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1 son occupying a position at level IV of the Executive 

2 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 

3 Code. 

4 (e) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—All members of the 

5 Commission shall hold appropriate security clearances by 

6 reason of their participation on the Commission. 

7 (f) FOREIGN TRAVEL.—Foreign travel for official 

8 purposes by members and staff of the Commission may 

9 be authorized by either the Chairperson or Co-chairperson 

10 of the Commission. 

11 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Com13 mission for each fiscal year such sums as may be nec14 essary to carry out this Act. 

15 SEC. 8. AGREEMENT DEFINED. 

16 In this Act, the term ‘‘agreement’’ means an agree17 ment related to the nuclear program of Iran that includes 

18 the United States, commits the United States to take ac19 tion, or pursuant to which the United States commits or 

20 otherwise agrees to take action, regardless of the form it 

21 takes, whether a political commitment or otherwise, and 

22 regardless of whether it is legally binding or not, including 

23 any joint comprehensive plan of action entered into or 

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1 dices, codicils, side agreements, implementing materials, 

2 documents, and guidance, technical or other under3 standings, and any related agreements, whether entered 

4 into or implemented prior to the agreement or to be en5 tered into or implemented in the future. 

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