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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4554 

To establish a task force to monitor the nuclear weapons and missile 

capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2022 

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To establish a task force to monitor the nuclear weapons 

and missile capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

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 ‘‘Iran Nuclear Weapons 

5 Capability Monitoring Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) In the late 1980s, the Islamic Republic of 

9 Iran established the AMAD Project with the intent 


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1 to manufacture 5 nuclear weapons and prepare an 

2 underground nuclear test site. 

3 (2) Since at least 2002, the Islamic Republic of 

4 Iran has advanced its nuclear and ballistic missile 

5 programs, posing serious threats to the security in6 terests of the United States, Israel, and other allies 

7 and partners. 

8 (3) In 2002, nuclear facilities in Natanz and 

9 Arak, Iran, were revealed to the public by the Na10 tional Council of Resistance of Iran. 

11 (4) On April 11, 2006, the Islamic Republic of 

12 Iran announced that it had enriched uranium for the 

13 first time to a level close to 3.5 percent at the 

14 Natanz Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant, Natanz, Iran. 

15 (5) On December 23, 2006, the United Nations 

16 Security Council adopted Resolution 1737 (2006), 

17 which imposed sanctions with respect to the Islamic 

18 Republic of Iran for its failure to suspend enrich19 ment activities. 

20 (6) The United Nations Security Council subse21 quently adopted Resolutions 1747 (2007), 1803 

22 (2008), and 1929 (2010), all of which targeted the 

23 nuclear program of and imposed additional sanctions 

24 with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 


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1 (7) On February 3, 2009, the Islamic Republic 

2 of Iran announced that it had launched its first sat3 ellite, which raised concern over the applicability of 

4 the satellite to the ballistic missile program. 

5 (8) In September 2009, the United States, the 

6 United Kingdom, and France revealed the existence 

7 of the clandestine Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant in 

8 Iran, years after construction started on the plant. 

9 (9) In 2010, the Islamic Republic of Iran re10 portedly had enriched uranium to a level of 20 per11 cent. 

12 (10) On March 9, 2016, the Islamic Republic of 

13 Iran launched 2 variations of the Qadr medium14 range ballistic missile. 

15 (11) On January 28, 2017, the Islamic Repub16 lic of Iran conducted a test of a medium-range bal17 listic missile, which traveled an estimated 600 miles 

18 and provides the Islamic Republic of Iran the capa19 bility to threaten military installations of the United 

20 States in the Middle East. 

21 (12) In 2018, Israel seized a significant portion 

22 of the nuclear archive of the Islamic Republic of 

23 Iran, which contained tens of thousands of files and 

24 compact discs relating to past efforts at nuclear 

25 weapon design, development, and manufacturing by 


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1 the Islamic Republic of Iran, including such efforts 

2 occurring after 2003. 

3 (13) On September 27, 2018, Israel revealed 

4 the existence of a secret warehouse housing radio5 active material in the Turquz Abad district in 

6 Tehran, and an inspection of the warehouse by the 

7 International Atomic Energy Agency detected radio8 active particles, which the Government of the Is9 lamic Republic of Iran failed to adequately explain. 

10 (14) On June 19, 2020, the International 

11 Atomic Energy Agency adopted Resolution GOV/ 

12 2020/34 expressing ‘‘serious concern . . . that Iran 

13 has not provided access to the Agency under the Ad14 ditional Protocol to two locations’’. 

15 (15) On January 8, 2020, an Iranian missile 

16 struck an Iraqi military base where members of the 

17 United States Armed Forces were stationed, result18 ing in 11 of such members being treated for injuries. 

19 (16) On April 17, 2021, the International 

20 Atomic Energy Agency verified that the Islamic Re21 public of Iran had begun to enrich uranium to 60 

22 percent purity. 

23 (17) On August 14, 2021, President of Iran 

24 Hassan Rouhani stated that ‘‘Iran’s Atomic Energy 

25 Organization can enrich uranium by 20 percent and 


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1 60 percent and if one day our reactors need it, it 

2 can enrich uranium to 90 percent purity’’. 

3 (18) According to the International Institute 

4 for Strategic Studies, the Islamic Republic of Iran 

5 has ‘‘between six and eight liquid-fuel ballistic mis6 siles and up to 12 solid-fuel systems’’ as of 2021. 

7 (19) On November 9, 2021, the Islamic Repub8 lic of Iran completed Zolfaghar-1400, a 3-day war 

9 game that included conventional navy, army, air 

10 force, and air defense forces testing cruise missiles, 

11 torpedoes, and suicide drones in the Strait of 

12 Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Red Sea, and the 

13 Indian Ocean. 

14 (20) On December 20, 2021, the Islamic Re15 public of Iran commenced a 5-day drill in which it 

16 launched a number of short- and long-range ballistic 

17 missiles that it claimed could destroy Israel, consti18 tuting an escalation in the already genocidal rhetoric 

19 of the Islamic Republic of Iran toward Israel. 

20 (21) On January 24, 2022, Houthi rebels, 

21 backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, fired 2 mis22 siles at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab 

23 Emirates, which hosts around 2,000 members of the 

24 Armed Forces of the United States. 


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1 (22) On January 31, 2022, surface-to-air inter2 ceptors of the United Arab Emirates shot down a 

3 Houthi missile fired at the United Arab Emirates 

4 during a visit by President of Israel Isaac Herzog, 

5 the first-ever visit of an Israeli President to the 

6 United Arab Emirates. 

7 (23) On February 9, 2022, the Islamic Repub8 lic of Iran unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile, 

9 named ‘‘Kheibar Shekan’’, which has a reported 

10 range of 900 miles (1450 kilometers) and is capable 

11 of penetrating missile shields. 

12 (24) On March 13, 2022, the Islamic Republic 

13 of Iran launched 12 missiles into Erbil, Iraq, which 

14 struck near a consulate building of the United 

15 States. 

16 (25) On April 17, 2022, the Islamic Republic of 

17 Iran confirmed the relocation of a production facility 

18 for advanced centrifuges from an aboveground facil19 ity at Karaj, Iran, to the fortified underground 

20 Natanz Enrichment Complex. 

21 (26) On April 19, 2022, the Department of 

22 State released a report stating that there are ‘‘seri23 ous concerns’’ about ‘‘possible undeclared nuclear 

24 material and activities in Iran’’. 


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1 (27) On May 30, 2022, the International Atom2 ic Energy Agency reported that the Islamic Republic 

3 of Iran had achieved a stockpile of 43.3 kilograms, 

4 equivalent to 95.5 pounds, of 60 percent highly en5 riched uranium, roughly enough material for a nu6 clear weapon. 

7 (28) On June 8, 2022, the Islamic Republic of 

8 Iran turned off surveillance cameras installed by the 

9 International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor ura10 nium enrichment activities at nuclear sites in the 

11 country. 

12 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) the Department of State has used evidence 

15 of the intent of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ad16 vance a nuclear program to secure the support of 

17 the international community in passing and imple18 menting United Nations Security Council Resolu19 tions on the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

20 (2) intelligence agencies have compiled evidence 

21 of the intent of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ad22 vance a nuclear program, with direct evidence of an 

23 active nuclear weapons program prior to 2003; 

24 (3) an Islamic Republic of Iran that possesses 

25 a nuclear weapons capability would be a serious 


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1 threat to the national security of the United States, 

2 Israel, and other allies and partners; 

3 (4) the Islamic Republic of Iran has been less 

4 than cooperative with international inspectors from 

5 the International Atomic Energy Agency and has ob6 structed their ability to inspect numerous nuclear fa7 cilities across Iran; 

8 (5) the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to 

9 advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs, 

10 which are a threat to the national security of the 

11 United States, Israel, and other allies and partners; 

12 and 

13 (6) all possible action should be taken by the 

14 United States— 

15 (A) to ensure that the Islamic Republic of 

16 Iran does not develop a nuclear weapons capa17 bility; and 

18 (B) to protect against aggression from the 

19 Islamic Republic of Iran manifested in its mis20 siles program. 

21 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act: 

23 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT24 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com25 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

2 the Committee on Appropriations, the Com3 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

4 Energy and Natural Resources, and the Select 

5 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

7 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 

8 on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy 

9 and Commerce, and the Permanent Select Com10 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

12 (2) COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS AGREE13 MENT.—The term ‘‘Comprehensive Safeguards 

14 Agreement’’ means the Agreement between the Is15 lamic Republic of Iran and the International Atomic 

16 Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in 

17 Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 

18 of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna June 19, 1973. 

19 (3) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘task force’’ 

20 means the task force established under section 5. 

21 (4) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The term 

22 ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 

23 the term in section 44801 of title 49, United States 

24 Code. 


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1 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 

2 ON NUCLEAR ACTIVITY IN THE ISLAMIC RE3 PUBLIC OF IRAN. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 

5 establish a task force to consolidate and synthesize efforts 

6 by the United States Government to monitor and assess 

7 nuclear weapons activity being carried out by the Islamic 

8 Republic of Iran or its proxies. 

9 (b) COMPOSITION.— 

10 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of State 

11 shall be the Chairperson of the task force. 

12 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The task force shall be 

14 composed of individuals, each of whom shall be 

15 an employee of and appointed to the task force 

16 by the head of one of the following agencies: 

17 (i) The Department of State. 

18 (ii) The Office of the Director of Na19 tional Intelligence. 

20 (iii) The Department of Defense. 

21 (iv) The Department of Energy. 

22 (v) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

23 (B) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The Chair24 person may appoint to the task force additional 

25 individuals from other Federal agencies, as the 

26 Chairperson considers necessary. 


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1 SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

2 (a) REPORT ON NUCLEAR ACTIVITY.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

5 every 120 days thereafter until December 31, 2028, 

6 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the task 

7 force, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees a report on nuclear activity in the Is9 lamic Republic of Iran. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para11 graph (1) shall include— 

12 (A) a description and location of current 

13 fuel cycle activities for the production of fissile 

14 material being undertaken by the Islamic Re15 public of Iran, including— 

16 (i) research and development activities 

17 to procure or construct additional ad18 vanced IR–2, IR–6, and other model cen19 trifuges and enrichment cascades, includ20 ing for stable isotopes; 

21 (ii) research and development of re22 processing capabilities, including— 

23 (I) reprocessing of spent fuel; 

24 and 


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1 (II) extraction of medical iso2 topes from irradiated uranium tar3 gets; 

4 (iii) activities with respect to design5 ing or constructing reactors, including— 

6 (I) the construction of heavy 

7 water reactors; 

8 (II) the manufacture or procure9 ment of reactor components, including 

10 the intended application of such com11 ponents; and 

12 (III) efforts to rebuild the origi13 nal reactor at Arak; 

14 (iv) uranium mining, concentration, 

15 conversion, and fuel fabrication, includ16 ing— 

17 (I) estimated uranium ore pro18 duction capacity and annual recovery; 

19 (II) recovery processes and ore 

20 concentrate production capacity and 

21 annual recovery; 

22 (III) research and development 

23 with respect to, and the annual rate 

24 of, conversion of uranium; and 


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1 (IV) research and development 

2 with respect to the fabrication of reac3 tor fuels, including the use of de4 pleted, natural, and enriched uranium; 

5 and 

6 (v) activities with respect to— 

7 (I) producing or acquiring pluto8 nium or uranium (or their alloys); 

9 (II) conducting research and de10 velopment on plutonium or uranium 

11 (or their alloys); 

12 (III) uranium metal; or 

13 (IV) casting, forming, or machin14 ing plutonium or uranium; 

15 (B) with respect to any activity described 

16 in subparagraph (A), a description, as applica17 ble, of— 

18 (i) the number and type of centrifuges 

19 used to enrich uranium and the operating 

20 status of such centrifuges; 

21 (ii) the number and location of any 

22 enrichment or associated research and de23 velopment facility used to engage in such 

24 activity; 


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1 (iii) the amount of heavy water, in 

2 metric tons, produced by such activity and 

3 the acquisition or manufacture of major 

4 reactor components, including, for the sec5 ond and subsequent reports, the amount 

6 produced since the last report; 

7 (iv) the number and type of fuel as8 semblies produced by the Islamic Republic 

9 of Iran, including failed or rejected assem10 blies; and 

11 (v) the total amount of— 

12 (I) uranium-235 enriched to not 

13 greater than 5 percent purity; 

14 (II) uranium-235 enriched to 

15 greater than 5 percent purity and not 

16 greater than 20 percent purity; 

17 (III) uranium-235 enriched to 

18 greater than 20 percent purity and 

19 not greater than 60 percent purity; 

20 (IV) uranium-235 enriched to 

21 greater than 60 percent purity and 

22 not greater than 90 percent purity; 

23 and 

24 (V) uranium-235 enriched great25 er than 90 percent purity; 


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1 (C) a description of weaponization plans 

2 and capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 

3 including— 

4 (i) plans and capabilities with respect 

5 to— 

6 (I) weapon design, including fis7 sion, warhead miniaturization, and 

8 boosted and early thermonuclear 

9 weapon design; 

10 (II) high-yield fission develop11 ment; 

12 (III) design, development, acqui13 sition, or use of computer models to 

14 simulate nuclear explosive devices; 

15 and 

16 (IV) design, development, fabri17 cating, acquisition, or use of explo18 sively driven neutron sources or spe19 cialized materials for explosively driv20 en neutron sources; 

21 (ii) the ability of the Islamic Republic 

22 of Iran to deploy a working or reliable de23 livery vehicle capable of carrying a nuclear 

24 warhead; 


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1 (iii) the estimated breakout time for 

2 the Islamic Republic of Iran to develop and 

3 deploy a nuclear weapon, including a crude 

4 nuclear weapon; 

5 (iv) the status and location of any re6 search and development work site related 

7 to the preparation of an underground nu8 clear test; and 

9 (v) any dual-use item (as defined 

10 under section 730.3 of title 15, Code of 

11 Federal Regulations or listed on the List 

12 of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, 

13 Materials, Software, and Related Tech14 nology issued by the Nuclear Suppliers 

15 Group or any successor list) the Islamic 

16 Republic of Iran is using to further the nu17 clear weapon or missile program; 

18 (D) an identification of clandestine nuclear 

19 facilities, including nuclear facilities and activi20 ties discovered or reported by Israel or other al21 lies or partners of the United States; 

22 (E) an assessment of whether the Islamic 

23 Republic of Iran— 

24 (i) is in compliance with the Com25 prehensive Safeguards Agreement and 


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1 modified Code 3.1 of the Subsidiary Ar2 rangements to the Comprehensive Safe3 guards Agreement; and 

4 (ii) has denied access to sites that the 

5 International Atomic Energy Agency has 

6 sought to inspect during the period covered 

7 by the report; 

8 (F) any diversion by the Islamic Republic 

9 of Iran of uranium, carbon-fiber, or other mate10 rials for use in an undeclared or clandestine fa11 cility; 

12 (G) an assessment of activities related to 

13 nuclear weapons conducted at facilities con14 trolled by the Ministry of Defense and Armed 

15 Forces Logistics of Iran, the Islamic Revolu16 tionary Guard Corps, and the Organization of 

17 Defensive Innovation and Research, including 

18 an analysis of gaps in knowledge due to the 

19 lack of inspections and nontransparency of such 

20 facilities; 

21 (H) a description of activities between the 

22 Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries, 

23 including the Democratic People’s Republic of 

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1 mation on nuclear weapons or activities related 

2 to weaponization; 

3 (I) with respect to any new ballistic, cruise, 

4 or hypersonic missiles being designed and tested 

5 by the Islamic Republic of Iran or any of its 

6 proxies, a description of— 

7 (i) the type of missile; 

8 (ii) the range of such missiles; 

9 (iii) the capability of such missiles to 

10 deliver a nuclear warhead; 

11 (iv) the number of such missiles; and 

12 (v) any testing of such missiles; 

13 (J) an assessment of whether the Islamic 

14 Republic of Iran or any of its proxies possesses 

15 an unmanned aircraft system or other military 

16 equipment capable of delivering a nuclear weap17 on; 

18 (K) an assessment of whether the Islamic 

19 Republic of Iran or any of its proxies has en20 gaged in new or evolving nuclear weapons devel21 opment activities that would pose a threat to 

22 the national security of the United States, 

23 Israel, or other partners or allies; and 

24 (L) any other information that the task 

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1 plete understanding of the nuclear or other 

2 weapons activities of the Islamic Republic of 

3 Iran. 

4 (3) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

5 (A) FORM.—Each report required by para6 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

7 form but may include a classified annex for in8 formation that, if released, would be detri9 mental to the national security of the United 

10 States. 

11 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi12 fied portion of a report required by paragraph 

13 (1) shall be made available to the public on an 

14 internet website of the Department of State. 

15 (b) IMMEDIATE REPORT REQUIRED.—If the task 

16 force receives credible intelligence of a significant develop17 ment in the nuclear weapons capabilities or delivery sys18 tems capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which 

19 if not reported before the delivery of the next report under 

20 subsection (a)(1) would be detrimental to the national se21 curity of the United States, Israel, or other allies or part22 ners, the task force shall, within 72 hours of the receipt 

23 of such intelligence, submit to the appropriate congres24 sional committees a report on such development. 


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1 SEC. 7. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED 

2 NUCLEAR AND BALLISTIC MISSILE THREATS 

3 TO THE UNITED STATES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 submission of the initial report under section 6(a), and 

6 annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees a diplomatic 

8 strategy that outlines a comprehensive plan for engaging 

9 with partners and allies of the United States regarding 

10 the nuclear weapons and missile activities of the Islamic 

11 Republic of Iran. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The diplomatic strategy required by 

13 subsection (a) shall include— 

14 (1) a description of efforts of the United States 

15 to counter efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to 

16 project political and military influence into the Mid17 dle East; 

18 (2) a response by the Secretary of State to the 

19 increased threat that new or evolving nuclear weap20 ons or missile development activities by the Islamic 

21 Republic of Iran pose to United States citizens and 

22 the diplomatic presence of the United States in the 

23 Middle East; 

24 (3) a description of a coordinated whole-of-gov25 ernment approach to use political, economic, and se26 curity related tools to address such activities; and 


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1 (4) a comprehensive plan for engaging with al2 lies and regional partners in all relevant multilateral 

3 fora to address such activities. 

4 (c) UPDATED STRATEGY RELATED TO IMMEDIATE

5 REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days after the submission 

6 of report under section 6(b), the Secretary of State shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees an up8 date to the most recent diplomatic strategy submitted 

9 under subsection (a). 

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