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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4967 

To provide congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2014 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 

DESANTIS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. POSEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, 

Mr. PERRY, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide congressional review of nuclear agreements with 

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 Agree5 ment Accountablity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREE2 MENTS WITH IRAN. 

3 (a) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREE4 MENTS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, the President, within three 

7 days of the conclusion of any agreement between the 

8 United States, any other party, and the Islamic Re9 public of Iran related to Iran’s nuclear program, 

10 shall submit such agreement to Congress. 

11 (2) PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—During the 15-day pe13 riod beginning on the date on which the Presi14 dent submits an agreement under paragraph 

15 (1), the Committees on Foreign Relations of the 

16 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

17 of the House of Representatives shall review 

18 any such agreement and may hold hearings or 

19 briefings, as appropriate. 

20 (B) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR A

21 JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OR DIS22 APPROVAL.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—During the 15-day 

24 period beginning on the day after the pe25 riod for review provided for in subpara26 graph (A), a joint resolution of approval or 


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1 a joint resolution of disapproval may be in2 troduced in the House of Representatives 

3 by the Speaker, the minority leader, or 

4 their respective designee, or in the Senate 

5 by the majority leader, the minority leader, 

6 or their respective designee, and may not 

7 be amended. 

8 (ii) REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of 

9 approval or a joint resolution of dis10 approval introduced under clause (i) in the 

11 Senate shall be referred to the Committee 

12 on Foreign Relations and a joint resolution 

13 of approval or a joint resolution of dis14 approval introduced under clause (i) in the 

15 House of Representatives shall be referred 

16 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

17 (iii) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND

18 FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—The provisions 

19 of subsections (c) through (f) of section 

20 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

21 2192) (relating to committee discharge and 

22 floor consideration of certain resolutions in 

23 the House of Representatives and the Sen24 ate) apply to a joint resolution of approval 

25 or a joint resolution of disapproval under 


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1 this subsection to the same extent that 

2 such subsections apply to joint resolutions 

3 under such section 152, except that— 

4 (I) subsection (c)(1) shall be ap5 plied and administered by substituting 

6 ‘‘10 days’’ for ‘‘30 days’’; and 

7 (II) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall 

8 be applied and administered by sub9 stituting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Re10 lations’’ for ‘‘Committee on Finance’’. 

11 (iv) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REP12 RESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.—This 

13 subsection is enacted by Congress— 

14 (I) as an exercise of the rule15 making power of the Senate and the 

16 House of Representatives, respec17 tively, and as such is deemed a part 

18 of the rules of each House, respec19 tively, but applicable only with respect 

20 to the procedure to be followed in that 

21 House in the case of a joint resolu22 tion, and it supersedes other rules 

23 only to the extent that it is incon24 sistent with such rules; and 


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1 (II) with full recognition of the 

2 constitutional right of either House to 

3 change the rules (so far as relating to 

4 the procedure of that House) at any 

5 time, in the same manner and to the 

6 same extent as in the case of any 

7 other rule of that House. 

8 (v) DEFINITIONS.—In this sub9 section— 

10 (I) the term ‘‘joint resolution of 

11 approval’’ means only a joint resolu12 tion of the 2 Houses of Congress, the 

13 sole matter after the resolving clause 

14 of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 

15 approves of the agreement between 

16 the United States and the Islamic Re17 public of Iran submitted by the Presi18 dent to Congress under section 2(a) of 

19 the Iran Nuclear Agreement 

20 Accountablity Act on llll.’’, 

21 with the blank space being filled with 

22 the appropriate date; and 

23 (II) the term ‘‘joint resolution of 

24 disapproval’’ means only a joint reso25 lution of the 2 Houses of Congress, 


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1 the sole matter after the resolving 

2 clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That 

3 Congress disapproves of the agree4 ment between the United States and 

5 the Islamic Republic of Iran sub6 mitted by the President to Congress 

7 under section 2(a) of the Iran Nuclear 

8 Agreement Accountablity Act on 

9 llll.’’, with the blank space 

10 being filled with the appropriate date. 

11 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec12 tion or any action taken pursuant to this section shall be 

13 construed as approval of any sanctions relief in connection 

14 with any agreement with respect to Iran’s nuclear pro15 gram. 

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