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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 553 

Urging the President and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 

to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into 

between the IAEA and Iran with respect to the Joint Comprehensive 

Plan of Action. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2015 

Mr. ZINKE (for himself, Mr. COFFMAN, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 

Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 

GUTHRIE, Mr. MESSER, Mr. YODER, Mr. ROYCE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 

LONG, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LAMBORN, 

Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 

Mr. SALMON, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. DESANTIS, 

and Mrs. BLACK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the President and the International Atomic Energy 

Agency (IAEA) to submit to Congress the text of all 

side agreements entered into between the IAEA and Iran 

with respect to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

Whereas Iran has a reputation and history of deception within the international community regarding its nuclear ambitions; 

Whereas in 2005, then International Atomic Energy Agency 

(IAEA) Deputy Director General Pierre Goldschmidt 


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compiled a briefing for the IAEA Board of Governors 

which laid out a long list of attempts by Iran to hide, 

mislead, and delay the work of IAEA inspectors with respect to Iran’s nuclear program; 

Whereas the IAEA has entered into numerous side agreements with Iran on inspection protocols and the possible 

military dimensions of Iran’s current and past nuclear 

program; 

Whereas under section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e), as added by section 2 of the 

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 

114–17; 129 Stat. 201), Congress should be provided 

with all documents associated with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed to on July 14, 

2015, including all ‘‘annexes, appendices, codicils, side 

agreements, implementing materials, documents, and 

guidance, technical or other understandings, and any related agreements, whether entered into or implemented 

prior to the agreement or to be entered into or implemented in the future’’; 

Whereas the Administration acknowledges that it knows the 

contents of such side agreements between the IAEA and 

Iran; 

Whereas the IAEA expects inspections of Iran’s nuclear program under the JCPOA to require an additional 

$10,600,000 in funding annually to be effective; 

Whereas 25 percent of the IAEA base budget and 42 percent 

of the total IAEA budget is provided by the United 

States; and 

Whereas the additional funding required with respect to 

Iran’s nuclear program under the JCPOA will predictably 


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be largely provided by the United States and contingent 

on approval of Congress: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges, 

2 as a condition for Congress approving additional United 

3 States funding to the International Atomic Energy Agency 

4 (IAEA), the President and the IAEA submit to Congress 

5 the text of all side agreements entered into between the 

6 IAEA and Iran with respect to the Joint Comprehensive 

7 Plan of Action. 

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