II 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2650 

To provide for congressional review of agreements relating to Iran’s nuclear 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2014 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. RISCH, 

and Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for congressional review of agreements relating 

to 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Nuclear Negotia5 tions Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 2650 IS

1 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

2 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

3 (2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint 

4 Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action, 

5 signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and 

6 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the 

7 People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, 

8 and the United States, and all implementing mate9 rials and agreements related to the Joint Plan of 

10 Action, including the technical understandings 

11 reached on January 12, 2014, and the extension of 

12 the Joint Plan of Action agreed to on July 19, 2014. 

13 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL 

14 AGREEMENTS RELATING TO IRAN’S NUCLEAR 

15 PROGRAM. 

16 (a) SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENTS TO CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 

18 to Congress an agreement described in paragraph 

19 (2) not later than 3 calendar days after entering 

20 into the agreement. 

21 (2) AGREEMENT DESCRIBED.—An agreement 

22 described in this paragraph is an agreement relating 

23 to Iran’s nuclear program entered into on or after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act by the United 

25 States and Iran. An agreement is described in this 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 2650 IS

1 paragraph without regard to whether or not one or 

2 more countries other than the United States and 

3 Iran are parties to the agreement. 

4 (b) COMMITTEE REVIEW.—During the 15-calendar 

5 day period beginning on the date on which the President 

6 submits an agreement to Congress under subsection (a), 

7 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep9 resentatives— 

10 (1) shall review the agreement; and 

11 (2) may hold hearings or briefings, as appro12 priate, related to the agreement. 

13 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

14 (1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL DE15 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘joint resolution 

16 of disapproval’’ means only a joint resolution of the 

17 two Houses of Congress— 

18 (A) that does not have a preamble; 

19 (B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

20 resolution disapproving a nuclear agreement 

21 with Iran’’; and 

22 (C) the matter after the resolving clause of 

23 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 

24 of the agreement relating to Iran’s nuclear pro25 gram submitted by the President to Congress 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 2650 IS

1 under section 3(a) of the Iran Nuclear Negotia2 tions Act of 2014 on llllll.’’, with the 

3 blank space being filled with the appropriate 

4 date. 

5 (2) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt by Congress 

6 of an agreement described in paragraph (2) of sub7 section (a), as required by paragraph (1) of that 

8 subsection— 

9 (A) the Speaker, if the House of Rep10 resentatives would otherwise be adjourned, shall 

11 notify the Members of the House that, pursuant 

12 to this section, the House shall convene not 

13 later than the second calendar day after receipt 

14 of the agreement; and 

15 (B) if the Senate has adjourned or re16 cessed for more than 2 days, the majority lead17 er of the Senate, after consultation with the mi18 nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the 

19 Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 

20 section, the Senate shall convene not later than 

21 the second calendar day after receipt of the 

22 agreement. 

23 (3) INTRODUCTION.—During the 15-calendar 

24 day period beginning on the calendar day after the 

25 end of the 15-calendar day period described in subVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:44 Jul 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2650.IS S2650

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 2650 IS

1 section (b), a joint resolution of disapproval may be 

2 introduced— 

3 (A) in the House of Representatives, by 

4 the Speaker (or his designee) or the minority 

5 leader (or his designee); and 

6 (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 

7 (or his designee) or the minority leader (or his 

8 designee). 

9 (4) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint resolution 

10 of disapproval introduced in the Senate shall be re11 ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and a 

12 joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the 

13 House of Representatives shall be referred to the 

14 Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

15 (5) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.—If the com16 mittee of either House to which a joint resolution of 

17 disapproval has been referred has not reported the 

18 joint resolution at the end of the 15-calendar day pe19 riod after the introduction of the joint resolution, 

20 that committee shall be discharged from further con21 sideration of the joint resolution and the joint reso22 lution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

23 (6) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

24 REPRESENTATIVES.— 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

•S 2650 IS

1 (A) MOTIONS TO PROCEED.—After the 

2 committee authorized to consider a joint resolu3 tion of disapproval reports it to the House of 

4 Representatives or has been discharged from its 

5 consideration, it shall be in order to move to 

6 proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

7 House. All points of order against the motion 

8 are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

9 after the House has disposed of a motion to 

10 proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 

11 question shall be considered as ordered on the 

12 motion to its adoption without intervening mo13 tion. The motion shall not be debatable. A mo14 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

15 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

16 (B) CONSIDERATION.—A joint resolution 

17 of disapproval shall be considered as read. All 

18 points of order against the joint resolution and 

19 against its consideration are waived. The pre20 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

21 the joint resolution to its passage without inter22 vening motion, except 20 hours of debate equal23 ly divided and controlled by the proponent and 

24 an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote 

25 on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

•S 2650 IS

1 in order. No amendment to, or motion to re2 commit, a joint resolution of disapproval shall 

3 be in order. 

4 (C) APPEALS.—All appeals from the deci5 sions of the Chair relating to the application of 

6 the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

7 the procedure relating to a joint resolution of 

8 disapproval shall be decided without debate. 

9 (7) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 

11 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

12 in order at any time after the committee au13 thorized to consider a joint resolution of dis14 approval reports it to the Senate or has been 

15 discharged from its consideration (even though 

16 a previous motion to the same effect has been 

17 disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consid18 eration of the joint resolution, and all points of 

19 order against the joint resolution (and against 

20 consideration of the joint resolution) are 

21 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

22 The motion is not subject to a motion to post23 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

24 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

25 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the conVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:44 Jul 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2650.IS S2650

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
8 

•S 2650 IS

1 sideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, 

2 the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 

3 business until disposed of. 

4 (B) DEBATE.—Debate in the Senate on a 

5 joint resolution of disapproval, and all debatable 

6 motions and appeals in connection with such a 

7 resolution, shall be limited to not more than 20 

8 hours, to be equally divided between, and con9 trolled by, the majority leader and the minority 

10 leader or their designees. A motion to further 

11 limit debate is in order and not debatable. An 

12 amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a 

13 motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

14 business, or a motion to recommit the joint res15 olution of disapproval is not in order. 

16 (C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas17 sage shall occur immediately following the con18 clusion of the debate on a joint resolution of 

19 disapproval, and a single quorum call at the 

20 conclusion of the debate if requested in accord21 ance with the rules of the Senate. 

22 (D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE23 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

24 relating to the application of the rules of the 

25 Senate to the procedure relating to a joint resoVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:44 Jul 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2650.IS S2650

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
9 

•S 2650 IS

1 lution of disapproval shall be decided without 

2 debate. 

3 (E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES4 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes5 sage with respect to a joint resolution of dis6 approval, including all debatable motions and 

7 appeals in connection with such a joint resolu8 tion, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

9 divided between, and controlled by, the majority 

10 leader and the minority leader or their des11 ignees. 

12 (8) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

13 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

14 (A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY

15 OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 

16 House of a joint resolution of disapproval of 

17 that House, that House receives from the other 

18 House a joint resolution of disapproval, then 

19 the following procedures shall apply: 

20 (i) The joint resolution of the other 

21 House shall not be referred to a com22 mittee. 

23 (ii) With respect to a joint resolution 

24 of the House receiving the resolution— 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
10 

•S 2650 IS

1 (I) the procedure in that House 

2 shall be the same as if no joint resolu3 tion had been received from the other 

4 House; but 

5 (II) the vote on passage shall be 

6 on the joint resolution of the other 

7 House. 

8 (B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION

9 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to intro10 duce or consider a joint resolution of dis11 approval under this section, the joint resolution 

12 of disapproval of the other House shall be enti13 tled to expedited floor procedures under this 

14 section. 

15 (C) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEAS16 URES.—If, following passage of a joint resolu17 tion of disapproval in the Senate, the Senate 

18 then receives the companion measure from the 

19 House of Representatives, the companion meas20 ure shall not be debatable. 

21 (9) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA22 TIVES AND THE SENATE.—This subsection is en23 acted by Congress— 

24 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

25 of the Senate and the House of RepresentaVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:44 Jul 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2650.IS S2650

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
11 

•S 2650 IS

1 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 

2 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap3 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 

4 followed in that House in the case of a joint 

5 resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to 

6 the extent that it is inconsistent with such 

7 rules; and 

8 (B) with full recognition of the constitu9 tional right of either House to change the rules 

10 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

11 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

12 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

13 rule of that House. 

14 (d) LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION

15 OF AGREEMENT.—No funds authorized to be appropriated 

16 for the Department of State that remain available for obli17 gation as of the date of the enactment of this Act may 

18 be obligated or expended to implement an agreement de19 scribed in subsection (a)(2), including for the waiver, sus20 pension, or other reduction of any sanctions with respect 

21 to Iran pursuant to such an agreement, if— 

22 (1) the President fails to submit the agreement 

23 to Congress as required by subsection (a); or 

24 (2) a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted 

25 into law pursuant to subsection (b). 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
12 

•S 2650 IS

1 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion or any action taken pursuant to this section shall be 

3 construed as approval of any waiver, suspension, or other 

4 reduction of any sanctions with respect to Iran in connec5 tion with any agreement relating to Iran’s nuclear pro6 gram. 

7 SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH INTER8 NATIONAL AGREEMENTS RELATING TO 

9 IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 

10 (a) ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE.—If any element 

11 of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of 

12 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) re13 ceives information from any person, including the Inter14 national Atomic Energy Agency, the Secretary of Defense, 

15 the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, a foreign 

16 government, a foreign intelligence service, or another rep17 utable source, that Iran has failed to comply with the 

18 terms of the Joint Plan of Action, any agreement to imple19 ment the Joint Plan of Action, or any other agreement 

20 related to Iran’s nuclear program (including an agreement 

21 described in section 3(a)(2)), or has refused to cooperate 

22 in any substantive way with appropriate requests of the 

23 International Atomic Energy Agency, the Director of Na24 tional Intelligence shall— 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
13 

•S 2650 IS

1 (1) not later than 10 calendar days after receiv2 ing that information, determine whether the infor3 mation is credible and accurate; and 

4 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees— 

6 (A) the information; and 

7 (B) the determination of the Director with 

8 respect to whether the information is credible 

9 and accurate and the reasons for that deter10 mination. 

11 (b) REINSTATEMENT OF SANCTIONS.—If the Direc12 tor of National Intelligence determines that information 

13 described in subsection (a) is credible and accurate, any 

14 sanctions imposed with respect to Iran that have been 

15 waived, suspended, or otherwise reduced in connection 

16 with negotiations with Iran relating to Iran’s nuclear pro17 gram, without regard to whether the waiver, suspension, 

18 or other reduction of those sanctions took effect before or 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be rein20 stated in full by action of law on that date that is 5 cal21 endar days after the date of the determination. 

22 SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT OF TIMELINE FOR NEGOTIATING 

23 NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN. 

24 Any sanctions imposed with respect to Iran that have 

25 been waived, suspended, or otherwise reduced in connecVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:44 Jul 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2650.IS S2650

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
14 

•S 2650 IS

1 tion with negotiations with Iran relating to Iran’s nuclear 

2 program, without regard to whether the waiver, suspen3 sion, or other reduction of those sanctions took effect be4 fore or after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

5 be reinstated in full by action of law on November 28, 

6 2014, unless, before that date, the President— 

7 (1) submits to Congress an agreement described 

8 in paragraph (2) of section 3(a) as required by para9 graph (1) of that section; and 

10 (2) certifies to the appropriate congressional 

11 committees that the agreement is a comprehensive 

12 and long-term agreement that— 

13 (A) addresses all key aspects of Iran’s nu14 clear program; and 

15 (B) is of a duration that is significantly 

16 longer than any nuclear-related agreement be17 tween the United States and Iran entered into 

18 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Æ 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS