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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2119 

To provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran’s nuclear program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 1, 2015 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. 

COONS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. WARNER, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran’s 

nuclear program, and for other purposes. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Iran Policy Oversight Act of 2015’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy on deterrence. 

Sec. 4. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

activity and threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 


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Sec. 5. Authorization of additional security assistance to Israel. 

Sec. 6. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to Iranian entities and 

individuals engaged in ballistic or cruise missile proliferation, 

or terrorism. 

Sec. 7. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses 

by Iran. 

Sec. 8. Reports on Iranian use of funds received as part of sanctions relief 

under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

Sec. 9. Expedited consideration of new terrorism-related sanctions against Iran. 

Sec. 10. Statements of policy. 

Sec. 11. Reports on Iranian research and development and breakout times. 

Sec. 12. Reporting on resolution of Iran’s past military dimensions of Iran’s 

nuclear program. 

Sec. 13. Statement of policy on effective re-imposition of sanctions. 

Sec. 14. United States coordinator for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

Sec. 15. Unified policy on arms and ballistic and cruise missile sales to Iran. 

Sec. 16. International Atomic Energy Agency. 

Sec. 17. Definitions. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) On May 22, 2015, the President signed into 

4 law the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 

5 (Public Law 114–17), a bill that passed the United 

6 States Congress with broad bipartisan support, con7 tinuing the robust role the Congress has played in 

8 oversight of the United States policy of preventing 

9 Iran from becoming a nuclear weapon state. 

10 (2) On July 14, 2015, the United States, 

11 France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the People’s 

12 Republic of China and the Russian Federation, with 

13 the High Representative of the European Union for 

14 Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Iran an15 nounced the completion of a Joint Comprehensive 

16 Plan of Action (JCPOA), specifying steps to be 

17 taken by Iran related to its nuclear program. 


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1 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON DETERRENCE. 

2 It is the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) that Iran does not have an inherent right 

4 to uranium enrichment; 

5 (2) to deter Iran from destabilizing regional ac6 tivity and support for and acts of terrorism; and 

7 (3) that all of the options available to the 

8 United States, including the military option, remain 

9 available to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear 

10 weapons capability. 

11 SEC. 4. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN12 TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN ACTIVITY 

13 AND THREATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND 

14 NORTH AFRICA. 

15 Not later than January 10, 2016, and every two 

16 years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

17 Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director 

18 of National Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassi20 fied ten-year strategy (which may contain a classified 

21 annex) to counter conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

22 activities and threats in the Middle East, North Africa, 

23 and beyond. The strategy shall include at a minimum the 

24 following elements: 

25 (1) A summary of the near and long-term 

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1 ing a regional security architecture capable of and 

2 committed to countering Iran’s destabilizing activi3 ties. 

4 (2) A summary of United States objectives for 

5 individual country capabilities and contributions to 

6 the regional security architecture, including an esti7 mated timeline for achieving desired capabilities, for 

8 each member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, 

9 Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Israel. 

10 (3) An assessment of Iran’s grand strategy and 

11 objectives for the Middle East region, and an assess12 ment of anticipated modifications to Iranian objec13 tives, policies, and activities for achieving the grand 

14 strategy. 

15 (4) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 

16 capabilities, and an assessment of Iranian plans to 

17 upgrade its conventional force capabilities, including 

18 its acquisition, development, and deployment of bal19 listic and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial 

20 vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti-access/area 

21 denial capabilities, at 5, 8, and 10 years following 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (5) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio24 logical weapons capabilities, and an assessment of 


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1 Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical and biological 

2 weapons capabilities. 

3 (6) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi4 ties in the region, including— 

5 (A) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

6 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, includ7 ing the Quds Force; 

8 (B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

9 Iran’s cyber operations; 

10 (C) the types and amount of support, in11 cluding funding, lethal and non-lethal contribu12 tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 

13 Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the Bashar al14 Assad regime in Syria, Houthi fighters in 

15 Yemen, and other violent groups across the 

16 Middle East; 

17 (D) the scope and objectives of Iranian in18 formation operations and use of propaganda; 

19 and 

20 (E) an assessment of anticipated modifica21 tions by Iran to the activities described in sub22 paragraphs (A) through (D) over the course of 

23 the next 10 to 15 years. 

24 (7) An assessment of Iran’s strategy regarding 

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1 anon, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, and 

2 the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and 

3 an assessment of any anticipated modifications to 

4 objectives, policies, and activities for achieving the 

5 grand strategy. 

6 (8) A description of current and planned activi7 ties, engagements, exercises, military sales, training, 

8 intelligence and surveillance support, and other 

9 forms of security assistance and cooperation for 

10 United States partners and allies in the region, in 

11 order to actively counter current Iranian conven12 tional and asymmetric threats described under para13 graphs (3) through (7), as well as to prepare for 

14 evolving threats from Iran over the course of the 

15 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including an 

16 assessment of the impact of activities described in 

17 paragraph (7) on Israel’s qualitative military edge. 

18 (9) An outline of United States authorities, 

19 planning, and actions, unilaterally and in coopera20 tion with foreign governments, to counter threats 

21 from Iran’s conventional force capabilities described 

22 under paragraph (4). 

23 (10) An outline, including specific examples, of 

24 United States authorities, planning, and actions, 

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1 ments, to counter Iran’s threat network described 

2 under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph 

3 (6) and paragraph (7), including— 

4 (A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 

5 bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 

6 organizations by the United States under sec7 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

8 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

9 (B) interdiction of Iranian activities and 

10 prevention of Iranian harassment or inter11 ference in international commercial shipping 

12 lanes; 

13 (C) countering Iranian attempts to under14 mine or subvert internationally recognized gov15 ernments in the Middle East region; and 

16 (D) countering Iran’s support for the re17 gime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 

18 (i) financial assistance, military equip19 ment and personnel, and other support 

20 provided to that regime; and 

21 (ii) support and direction to other 

22 armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira23 nian and are acting on behalf of that re24 gime. 


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1 (11) A review of individual country contribu2 tions to the regional security architecture. 

3 (12) A review of efforts to counter Iran’s con4 ventional and asymmetric capabilities in the Middle 

5 East and North Africa. 

6 (13) An assessment of the commitment and ca7 pabilities of United States allies and partners to 

8 countering Iran’s conventional and asymmetric capa9 bilities in the Middle East and North Africa. 

10 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSIST11 ANCE TO ISRAEL. 

12 (a) SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS IRANIAN

13 NUCLEAR FACILITIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 

15 to take all necessary and appropriate measures, in16 cluding providing offensive security assistance and 

17 applicable ordnance and delivery systems, to enhance 

18 Israel’s qualitative military edge, effectively deter 

19 conventional and nuclear threats from Iran, and 

20 counter non-peaceful nuclear activities by Iran. 

21 (2) DEPLOYMENT.—Pursuant to consultations 

22 between the Governments of Israel and the United 

23 States, the President may, consistent with United 

24 States treaty obligations, transfer to the Government 

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1 tems under such terms and conditions as the Presi2 dent determines necessary, pursuant to the authority 

3 of paragraph (1). The President shall, as appro4 priate, ensure that Israeli personnel have the oppor5 tunity and means to train with such defense sys6 tems, including joint training exercises, consistent 

7 with the requirements of this paragraph. 

8 (b) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING.— 

9 (1) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Memo10 randum of Understanding between the United States 

11 and Israel setting annual foreign military financing 

12 levels for Israel is set to conclude at the end of fiscal 

13 year 2018, and the terms of its extension will be re14 negotiated over the 2015 through 2018 time period. 

15 (2) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is author16 ized to provide any additional foreign military fi17 nancing to Israel in each fiscal year from fiscal year 

18 2018 through fiscal year 2028 as may be needed to 

19 address threats from Iran. 

20 (c) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The 

21 President shall provide, as appropriate, assistance and co22 operation to Israel to ensure Israel’s qualitative military 

23 edge and effectively deter conventional and nuclear threats 

24 supported, directly or indirectly, by Iran. 


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1 (d) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL MILITARY AND INTEL2 LIGENCE COOPERATION.— 

3 (1) FINDING.—Congress finds that the United 

4 States and Israel have an established record of un5 precedented military and intelligence cooperation, 

6 most recently furthered by the United States-Israel 

7 Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

8 296), which designated Israel as a major strategic 

9 partner of the United States. 

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is author11 ized to accelerate co-development and support Israeli 

12 development of missile defense systems, and to en13 gage in discussions to bolster the effectiveness of 

14 Israel’s conventional deterrent and deepen intel15 ligence cooperation. 

16 SEC. 6. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH RE17 SPECT TO IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVID18 UALS ENGAGED IN BALLISTIC OR CRUISE 

19 MISSILE PROLIFERATION, OR TERRORISM. 

20 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

21 of the United States, in interpreting the Joint Comprehen22 sive Plan of Action, that nothing in the JCPOA limits or 

23 curtails the ability of Congress to pass sanctions legisla24 tion to address future Iranian terrorism activities and bal25 listic and cruise missile activities. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that the Department of the Treasury’s Office of For3 eign Assets Control should be fully funded to ensure strict 

4 enforcement of sanctions against Iranian actors in the 

5 areas of ballistic or cruise missile proliferation and ter6 rorism, and to ensure effective re-imposition of sanctions 

7 in the event of violation or breach by Iran of the JCPOA. 

8 (c) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran 

9 Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

10 (22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 225. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH 

13 RESPECT TO IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDI14 VIDUALS ENGAGED IN BALLISTIC, CRUISE 

15 MISSILE PROLIFERATION, OR TERRORISM. 

16 ‘‘(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO BLOCKING OF PROP17 ERTY.—United States sanctions applicable with respect to 

18 Iranian persons, unless designated by name in Attach19 ments 3 or 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 

20 of Action, under Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

21 note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass de22 struction proliferators and their supporters), or Executive 

23 Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

24 property and prohibiting transactions with persons who 

25 commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), as in 


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1 effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 

2 section, shall remain in effect until the President makes 

3 public the notification described in subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The notification 

5 described in this subsection is one that provides a jus6 tification in writing for removing sanctions applicable to 

7 an Iranian person sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 

8 13382 or 13224 and is submitted in a timely manner. 

9 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Presi11 dent pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 

12 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Comprehensive 

13 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

14 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), or any other provision of 

15 law. 

16 ‘‘(d) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION DE17 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Joint Comprehensive 

18 Plan of Action’ means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 

19 Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and 

20 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the People’s 

21 Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United 

22 States, and all implementing materials and agreements re23 lated to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.’’. 

24 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

25 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 


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1 Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat2 ing to section 224 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 225. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to Iranian entities 

and individuals engaged in ballistic or cruise missile proliferation.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH RE4 SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY IRAN. 

5 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

6 of the United States, in interpreting the Joint Comprehen7 sive Plan of Action, that nothing in the JCPOA limits or 

8 curtails the ability of Congress to pass sanctions legisla9 tion to address future Iranian human rights abuses. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the Department of the Treasury’s Office of For12 eign Assets Control should be fully funded to ensure strict 

13 enforcement of sanctions against Iranian actors that com14 mit human rights abuses, and to ensure effective re-impo15 sition of sanctions in the event of violation or breach by 

16 Iran of the JCPOA. 

17 (c) SANCTIONS RELATING TO ABUSES OF HUMAN

18 RIGHTS.—United States sanctions applicable with respect 

19 to persons, unless designated by name in Attachments 3 

20 or 4 of Annex II of the JCPOA, under Executive Order 

21 13553, Executive Order 13606, or sections 2 or 3 of Exec22 utive Order 13628, as in effect on the day before the date 

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1 until the President makes public the notification described 

2 in subsection (d). 

3 (d) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The notification de4 scribed in this subsection is one that provides a justifica5 tion in writing for removing sanctions applicable to an Ira6 nian person sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 

7 13553, Executive Order 13606, or section 2 or 3 of Execu8 tive Order 13628, and is submitted in a timely manner. 

9 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Presi11 dent pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 

12 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Comprehensive 

13 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

14 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), or any other provision of 

15 law. 

16 SEC. 8. REPORTS ON IRANIAN USE OF FUNDS RECEIVED AS 

17 PART OF SANCTIONS RELIEF UNDER THE 

18 JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION. 

19 Not later than January 10, 2016, and every 180 days 

20 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees— 

22 (1) a description of— 

23 (A) the monetary value of direct and indi24 rect sanctions relief received by Iran; 


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1 (B) increases in funding for the IRGC and 

2 its Quds Force; and 

3 (C) changes in funding for regional activi4 ties and support for terrorist organizations, in5 cluding Hezbollah, Hamas, and the regime of 

6 Bashar al-Assad; and 

7 (2) a determination on whether persons, includ8 ing foreign financial institutions, providing financial 

9 support or assistance to any entity described in sub10 paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) are subject 

11 to United States economic sanctions. 

12 SEC. 9. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF NEW TERRORISM13 RELATED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN. 

14 (a) DETERMINATION.—If the President determines 

15 that the Government of Iran has directed or conducted 

16 an act of international terrorism against the United States 

17 or that the Government of Iran has substantially increased 

18 its operational or financial support for a terrorist organi19 zation that threatens the interests or allies of the United 

20 States, the President shall immediately notify Congress. 

21 (b) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—For pur22 poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’ 

23 means only a bill of either House of Congress that author24 izes or requires the President to impose sanctions on per25 sons the President determines— 


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1 (1) commit acts of international terrorism, at 

2 the direction of an official of the Government of 

3 Iran, that threaten the security of nationals of the 

4 United States or the national security, foreign pol5 icy, or economy of the United States; or 

6 (2) knowingly assist in, sponsor, or provide fi7 nancial, material, or technological support for, or fi8 nancial or other services to or in support of— 

9 (A) acts described in paragraph (1); or 

10 (B) foreign terrorist organizations that re11 ceive financial or other material support from 

12 the Government of Iran. 

13 (c) INTRODUCTION.—During the 60-calendar day pe14 riod after the President notifies Congress of a determina15 tion under subsection (a), qualifying legislation may be in16 troduced— 

17 (1) in the House of Representatives, by the Ma18 jority Leader or the Minority Leader; and 

19 (2) in the Senate, by the Majority Leader (or 

20 the Majority leader’s designee) or the Minority 

21 Leader (or the Minority Leader’s designee). 

22 (d) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP23 RESENTATIVES.— 

24 (1) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com25 mittee of the House to which qualifying legislation 


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1 has been referred has not reported such qualifying 

2 legislation within 10 legislative days after the date 

3 of referral, that committee shall be discharged from 

4 further consideration thereof. 

5 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Begin6 ning on the third legislative day after each com7 mittee to which qualifying legislation has been re8 ferred reports it to the House or has been dis9 charged from further consideration thereof, it shall 

10 be in order to move to proceed to consider the quali11 fying legislation in the House. All points of order 

12 against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 

13 not be in order after the House has disposed of a 

14 motion to proceed on the qualifying legislation with 

15 regard to the same agreement. The previous ques16 tion shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 

17 its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 

18 shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 

19 vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 

20 in order. 

21 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The qualifying legisla22 tion shall be considered as read. All points of order 

23 against the qualifying legislation and against its con24 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

25 considered as ordered on the qualifying legislation to 


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1 final passage without intervening motion except two 

2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

3 sponsor of the qualifying legislation (or a designee) 

4 and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 

5 passage of the qualifying legislation shall not be in 

6 order. 

7 (e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

8 (1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legisla9 tion introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

10 Committee on Foreign Relations. 

11 (2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com12 mittee on Foreign Relations has not reported such 

13 qualifying legislation within 10 session days after 

14 the date of referral of such legislation, that com15 mittee shall be discharged from further consider16 ation of such legislation and the qualifying legisla17 tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

18 (3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not19 withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 

20 the Senate, it is in order at any time after the com21 mittee authorized to consider qualifying legislation 

22 reports it to the Senate or has been discharged from 

23 its consideration (even though a previous motion to 

24 the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 

25 proceed to the consideration of qualifying legislation, 


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1 and all points of order against qualifying legislation 

2 (and against consideration of the qualifying legisla3 tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not de4 batable and shall be subject to a 60-vote affirmative 

5 threshold for adoption. The motion is not subject to 

6 a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 

7 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

8 to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

9 the consideration of the qualifying legislation is 

10 agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall remain the 

11 unfinished business until disposed of. 

12 (4) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legislation, 

13 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec14 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 

15 hours, which shall be divided equally between the 

16 Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. A 

17 motion to further limit debate is in order and not 

18 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to post19 pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

20 other business, or a motion to recommit the quali21 fying legislation is not in order. 

22 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

23 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 

24 the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single 


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1 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re2 quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. 

3 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

4 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

5 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

6 case may be, to the procedure relating to qualifying 

7 legislation shall be decided without debate. 

8 (7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—De9 bate in the Senate of any veto message with respect 

10 to qualifying legislation, including all debatable mo11 tions and appeals in connection with such qualifying 

12 legislation, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

13 divided between, and controlled by, the majority 

14 leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 

15 (f) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF

16 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

17 (1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

18 HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of 

19 qualifying legislation of that House, that House re20 ceives qualifying legislation from the other House, 

21 then the following procedures shall apply: 

22 (A) The qualifying legislation of the other 

23 House shall not be referred to a committee. 

24 (B) With respect to qualifying legislation 

25 of the House receiving the legislation— 


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1 (i) the procedure in that House shall 

2 be the same as if no qualifying legislation 

3 had been received from the other House; 

4 but 

5 (ii) the vote on passage shall be on 

6 the qualifying legislation of the other 

7 House. 

8 (2) TREATMENT OF A BILL OF OTHER

9 HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce qualifying 

10 legislation under this section, the qualifying legisla11 tion of the other House shall be entitled to expedited 

12 floor procedures under this section. 

13 (3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.— 

14 If, following passage of the qualifying legislation in 

15 the Senate, the Senate then receives a companion 

16 measure from the House of Representatives, the 

17 companion measure shall not be debatable. 

18 (4) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.— 

19 The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in 

20 the House of Representatives to qualifying legisla21 tion which is a revenue measure. 

22 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

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1 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na2 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

3 (2) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 

4 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

5 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

6 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

7 SEC. 10. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 

8 It shall be the policy of the United States, in inter9 preting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), 

10 and any other related agreement, that— 

11 (1) no sanctions relief for Iran is to be provided 

12 pursuant to the JCPOA until Iran completes all ac13 tivities as set forth in paragraphs 2, 4, 5, and 6 of 

14 the Roadmap for Clarification of Past and Present 

15 Outstanding Issues regarding Iran’s Nuclear Pro16 gram, signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, between the 

17 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and 

18 Iran, and the completion of such activities is verified 

19 by the IAEA in a regular update by the Director 

20 General of the IAEA; 

21 (2) any action by the Government of Iran to 

22 treat the legitimate imposition of sanctions by the 

23 United States or its international partners based on 

24 support for terrorism, abuses of human rights, or 

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1 to cease performing on its commitments under the 

2 JCPOA in whole or in part would not be valid and 

3 would be inconsistent with the terms of the JCPOA; 

4 and 

5 (3) in the event that sanctions on Iran are re6 imposed consistent with the JCPOA, such sanctions 

7 would not retroactively apply to activities, including 

8 activities under contractual arrangements, legiti9 mately entered into prior to the re-imposition of 

10 sanctions, but sanctions may apply to activities, in11 cluding activities under contractual arrangements 

12 entered into prior to the re-imposition of sanctions, 

13 to the extent such activities continue beyond the 

14 date of the re-imposition of sanctions. 

15 SEC. 11. REPORTS ON IRANIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOP16 MENT AND BREAKOUT TIMES. 

17 Section 135(d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is 

18 amended by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(8) REPORT ON IRANIAN RESEARCH AND DE21 VELOPMENT AND BREAKOUT TIMES.—Not later than 

22 January 10, 2016, and every 180 days thereafter, 

23 the President shall submit to the appropriate con24 gressional committees and leadership a report detail25 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(A) any research and development con2 ducted by Iran that is not in compliance with 

3 the JCPOA or that may substantially reduce 

4 the time for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon; 

5 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the period of time 

6 it would take Iran to acquire the nuclear mate7 rial to produce one nuclear weapon; and 

8 ‘‘(C) an assessment of the capacity and ca9 pability of the IAEA to effectively implement 

10 the verification regime required by the JCPOA, 

11 including whether the IAEA is receiving suffi12 cient access to investigate suspicious sites or al13 legations of covert nuclear-related activities and 

14 whether it has the required funding, manpower, 

15 and authorities to undertake the verification re16 gime required by the JCPOA.’’. 

17 SEC. 12. REPORTING ON RESOLUTION OF IRAN’S PAST 

18 MILITARY DIMENSIONS OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 Not later than 30 calendar days after the IAEA sub21 mits its final assessment on the resolution on all past and 

22 present outstanding issues related to Iran’s nuclear pro23 gram to the Board of Governors, the President shall sub24 mit to the appropriate congressional committees and lead25 ership a detailed report on the IAEA’s report to the Board 


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1 of Governors, and shall provide to the appropriate congres2 sional committees and leadership a briefing, in a classified 

3 setting as necessary, on how outstanding issues were re4 solved by the IAEA. 

5 SEC. 13. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON EFFECTIVE RE-IMPOSI6 TION OF SANCTIONS. 

7 (a) FINDING.—There is a wide range of national and 

8 multilateral tools, including the re-imposition of sanctions, 

9 available to the United States and United States partners, 

10 including European allies, should Iran fail to meet its 

11 JCPOA commitments. 

12 (b) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.— 

13 (1) The United States is prepared to enforce 

14 any violation of the JCPOA. 

15 (2) The United States should continue to en16 sure that a range of national and multilateral tools 

17 remain available to respond to non-performance by 

18 Iran of its JCPOA commitments. 

19 (3) The United States will continue to leverage 

20 the commitments of its European allies to join in re21 imposing sanctions in a calibrated manner as appro22 priate in the event Iran violates the JCPOA incre23 mentally. 


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1 SEC. 14. UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR THE JOINT 

2 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION. 

3 (a) DESIGNATION.—The President shall designate 

4 within the Department of State a special coordinator for 

5 implementation of and compliance with the Joint Com6 prehensive Plan of Action regarding the Iran’s nuclear 

7 program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 

8 (b) STATUS.—The role of the Coordinator should be 

9 filled by an official of the Department of State appointed 

10 by and serving at the pleasure of the President. 

11 (c) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall carry out the fol12 lowing duties: 

13 (1) Coordinate all activities related to imple14 mentation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac15 tion, including— 

16 (A) activities of the United States Govern17 ment necessary for implementation of the Joint 

18 Comprehensive Plan of Action; 

19 (B) activities of the United States Govern20 ment to monitor all elements of the implemen21 tation of the JCPOA by Iran and track all 

22 incidences of noncompliance with the JCPOA; 

23 and 

24 (C) with the Secretary of Energy, activities 

25 of the United States Government with respect 

26 to the JCPOA that involve the International 


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1 Atomic Energy Agency and other nongovern2 mental or multilateral organizations, as appro3 priate. 

4 (2) Coordinate with the Department of the 

5 Treasury and other agencies as appropriate— 

6 (A) to ensure the continued comprehensive 

7 investigation and designation of persons pro8 viding support for, or otherwise facilitating, the 

9 ability of the Government of Iran— 

10 (i) to acquire, develop, or engage in 

11 the proliferation of ballistic missiles or 

12 cruise missiles; 

13 (ii) to support, directly or indirectly, 

14 acts of international terrorism; or 

15 (iii) to commit human rights abuses; 

16 and 

17 (B) to assess and report on the use by the 

18 Government of Iran of funds made available 

19 through sanctions relief. 

20 (d) CONSULTATIONS.—The Coordinator shall consult 

21 with Congress, domestic and international nongovern22 mental organizations, and multilateral organizations and 

23 institutions as the Coordinator considers appropriate to 

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1 SEC. 15. UNIFIED POLICY ON ARMS AND BALLISTIC AND 

2 CRUISE MISSILE SALES TO IRAN. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that Iran should continue 

4 to be prohibited from undertaking any activity related to 

5 ballistic or cruise missiles capable of delivering nuclear 

6 weapons, including launches using ballistic or cruise mis7 sile technology, and United Nations member states should 

8 take all necessary measures to prevent the transfer of 

9 technology or technical assistance to Iran related to such 

10 activities. 

11 SEC. 16. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. 

12 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that the International Atomic Energy Agency 

14 (IAEA) must have sufficient funding, manpower, and au15 thority to undertake its verification responsibilities related 

16 to the JCPOA or any other related agreement, and the 

17 President should engage with international partners to en18 sure that the IAEA receives the full additional 

19 $10,600,000 per year necessary to fulfill its verification 

20 responsibilities under the JCPOA or any other related 

21 agreement. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than January 10, 2016, and 

23 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees a report out25 lining efforts with international partners to achieve the 


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1 goal in subsection (a) and identifying impediments to 

2 achieving the goal. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap4 propriated for fiscal years 2016 through 2026 such sums 

5 as may be necessary to meet the United States annual 

6 funding commitments to the IAEA as well as the United 

7 States portion of additional funds needed for the IAEA 

8 to fulfill its verification responsibilities under the JCPOA 

9 or any other related agreement. 

10 SEC. 17. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

16 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

17 Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on In18 telligence of the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

20 Committee on Financial Services, and the Per21 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 House of Representatives. 

23 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT24 TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 

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1 appropriate congressional committees, the Majority 

2 and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the Speak3 er, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 (3) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.— 

6 The term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’’ 

7 means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 

8 signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by 

9 France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the Peo10 ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 

11 the United States, and all implementing materials 

12 and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive 

13 Plan of Action. 

14 (4) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

15 ‘‘intelligence community’’ means the intelligence 

16 community specified in or designated under section 

17 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

18 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

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