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Calendar No. 27 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 625 

To provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating 

to Iran’s nuclear program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2015 

Mr. MCCONNELL introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

MARCH 4, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To provide for congressional review and oversight 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 Agree5 ment Review Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 

2 AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN RELATING TO THE 

3 NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN. 

4 The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et 

5 seq.) is amended by inserting after section 134 the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 135. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 

8 AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN. 

9 ‘‘(a) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF NUCLEAR

10 AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN AND VERIFICATION ASSESS11 MENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH AGREEMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.—Not 

13 later than 5 calendar days after reaching an agree14 ment with Iran relating to the nuclear program of 

15 Iran, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees— 

17 ‘‘(A) the text of the agreement and all re18 lated materials and annexes; 

19 ‘‘(B) a verification assessment report of 

20 the Secretary of State prepared under para21 graph (2) with respect to the agreement; and 

22 ‘‘(C) a certification that— 

23 ‘‘(i) the agreement includes the appro24 priate terms, conditions, and duration of 

25 the agreement’s requirements with respect 

26 to Iran’s nuclear activities and provisions 


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1 describing any sanctions to be waived, sus2 pended, or otherwise reduced by the 

3 United States, and any other nation or en4 tity, including the United Nations; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the President determines the 

6 agreement meets United States non-pro7 liferation objectives, does not jeopardize 

8 the common defense and security, provides 

9 an adequate framework to ensure that 

10 Iran’s nuclear activities permitted there11 under will not be inimical to or constitute 

12 an unreasonable risk to the common de13 fense and security, and ensures that Iran’s 

14 nuclear activities permitted thereunder will 

15 not be used to further any nuclear-related 

16 military or nuclear explosive purpose, in17 cluding for any research on or development 

18 of any nuclear explosive device or any 

19 other nuclear-related military purpose. 

20 ‘‘(2) VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

22 State shall prepare, with respect to an agree23 ment described in paragraph (1), a report as24 sessing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the extent to which the Secretary 

2 will be able to verify that Iran is complying 

3 with its obligations under the agreement; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the safeguards 

5 and other control mechanisms and other 

6 assurances contained in the agreement 

7 with respect to Iran’s nuclear program to 

8 ensure Iran’s activities permitted there9 under will not be used to further any nu10 clear-related military or nuclear explosive 

11 purpose, including for any research on or 

12 development of any nuclear explosive de13 vice or any other nuclear-related military 

14 purpose; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) the capacity and capability of 

16 the International Atomic Energy Agency to 

17 effectively implement the verification re18 gime required by the agreement, including 

19 whether the International Atomic Energy 

20 Agency has the required funding, man21 power, and authority to do so. 

22 ‘‘(B) ASSUMPTIONS.—In preparing a re23 port under subparagraph (A) with respect to an 

24 agreement described in paragraph (1), the Sec25 retary shall assume that Iran could— 


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1 ‘‘(i) use all measures not expressly 

2 prohibited by the agreement to conceal ac3 tivities that violate its obligations under 

4 the agreement; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) alter or deviate from standard 

6 practices in order to impede efforts to 

7 verify that Iran is complying with those 

8 obligations. 

9 ‘‘(C) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—A report under 

10 subparagraph (A) shall be transmitted in un11 classified form, but shall include a classified 

12 annex prepared in consultation with the Direc13 tor of National Intelligence, summarizing rel14 evant classified information. 

15 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of sub16 paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall not 

17 apply to an agreement defined in subsection (i)(4). 

18 ‘‘(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF NU19 CLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 60-day period 

21 following transmittal by the President of an agree22 ment pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee on 

23 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

24 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

25 shall, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings 


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1 and otherwise obtain information in order to fully 

2 review such agreement. 

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PERIOD

4 OF REVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, except as provided in paragraph (3), during 

6 the period for review provided in paragraph (1), the 

7 President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide 

8 relief from, or otherwise limit the application of stat9 utory sanctions with respect to Iran under any pro10 vision of law or refrain from applying any such sanc11 tions pursuant to an agreement described in sub12 section (a). 

13 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para14 graph (2) does not apply to any deferral, waiver, or 

15 other suspension of statutory sanctions pursuant to 

16 the Joint Plan of Action if that deferral, waiver, or 

17 other suspension is made— 

18 ‘‘(A) consistent with the law in effect on 

19 the date of the enactment of the Iran Nuclear 

20 Agreement Review Act of 2015; and 

21 ‘‘(B) not later than 45 days before the 

22 transmission by the President of an agreement, 

23 assessment report, and certification under sub24 section (a). 


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1 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WITH RE2 SPECT TO NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, action involving any measure of 

5 statutory sanctions relief by the United States pur6 suant to an agreement subject to subsection (a) or 

7 the Joint Plan of Action— 

8 ‘‘(A) may be taken, consistent with exist9 ing statutory requirements for such action, if, 

10 during the period for review provided in sub11 section (b)(1), the Congress adopts, and there 

12 is enacted, a joint resolution stating in sub13 stance that the Congress does favor the agree14 ment; 

15 ‘‘(B) may not be taken if, during the pe16 riod for review provided in subsection (b)(1), 

17 the Congress adopts, and there is enacted, a 

18 joint resolution stating in substance that the 

19 Congress does not favor the agreement; or 

20 ‘‘(C) may be taken, consistent with exist21 ing statutory requirements for such action, if, 

22 following the period for review provided in sub23 section (b)(1), there is not enacted any such 

24 joint resolution. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 

2 subsection, the phrase ‘action involving any measure 

3 of statutory sanctions relief by the United States’ 

4 shall include waiver, suspension, reduction, or other 

5 effort to provide relief from, or otherwise limit the 

6 application of statutory sanctions with respect to, 

7 Iran under any provision of law or any other effort 

8 to refrain from applying any such sanctions. 

9 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF IRANIAN COM10 PLIANCE WITH NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, within 

12 10 days of receiving credible and accurate informa13 tion relating to a potentially significant breach or 

14 compliance incident by Iran with respect to an 

15 agreement subject to subsection (a), submit such in16 formation to the appropriate congressional commit17 tees. 

18 ‘‘(2) MATERIAL BREACH REPORT.—Not later 

19 than 10 days after submitting information about a 

20 potentially significant breach or compliance incident 

21 pursuant to paragraph (1), the President shall make 

22 a determination whether such potentially significant 

23 breach or compliance issue constitutes a material 

24 breach and shall submit to the appropriate congres25 sional committees such determination, accompanied 


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1 by, as appropriate, a report on the action or failure 

2 to act by Iran that led to the material breach, ac3 tions necessary for Iran to cure the breach, and the 

4 status of Iran’s efforts to cure the breach. 

5 ‘‘(3) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 

6 180 days after entering into an agreement described 

7 in subsection (a), and not less frequently than once 

8 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub9 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

10 report on Iran’s nuclear program and the compli11 ance of Iran with the agreement during the period 

12 covered by the report, including the following ele13 ments: 

14 ‘‘(A) Any action or failure to act by Iran 

15 that breached the agreement or is in noncompli16 ance with the terms of the agreement. 

17 ‘‘(B) Any delay by Iran of more than one 

18 week in providing inspectors access to facilities, 

19 people, and documents in Iran as required by 

20 the agreement. 

21 ‘‘(C) Any progress made by Iran to resolve 

22 concerns by the International Atomic Energy 

23 Agency about possible military dimensions of 

24 Iran’s nuclear program. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Any procurement by Iran of mate2 rials in violation of the agreement. 

3 ‘‘(E) Any centrifuge research and develop4 ment conducted by Iran that— 

5 ‘‘(i) is not in compliance with the 

6 agreement; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) may substantially enhance the 

8 enrichment capacity of Iran if deployed. 

9 ‘‘(F) Any diversion by Iran of uranium, 

10 carbon-fiber, or other materials for use in 

11 Iran’s nuclear program in violation of the 

12 agreement. 

13 ‘‘(G) Any covert nuclear activities under14 taken by Iran. 

15 ‘‘(H) An assessment of whether any Ira16 nian financial institutions are engaged in money 

17 laundering or terrorist finance activities, includ18 ing names of specific financial institutions if ap19 plicable. 

20 ‘‘(I) An assessment of— 

21 ‘‘(i) whether, and the extent to which, 

22 Iran supported acts of terrorism; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) whether Iran directly supported, 

24 financed, planned, or carried out an act of 

25 terrorism against the United States or a 


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1 United States person anywhere in the 

2 world. 

3 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL REPORTS AND INFORMA4 TION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) AGENCY REPORTS.—Following sub6 mission of an agreement pursuant to subsection 

7 (a) to the appropriate congressional committees, 

8 the Department of State, the Department of 

9 Energy, and the Department of Defense shall, 

10 upon the request of either of those committees, 

11 promptly furnish to those committees their 

12 views as to whether the safeguards and other 

13 controls contained in the agreement with re14 spect to Iran’s nuclear program provide an ade15 quate framework to ensure that Iran’s activities 

16 permitted thereunder will not be inimical to or 

17 constitute an unreasonable risk to the common 

18 defense and security. 

19 ‘‘(B) PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON NU20 CLEAR INITIATIVES WITH IRAN.—The President 

21 shall keep the appropriate congressional com22 mittees fully and currently informed of any ini23 tiative or negotiations with Iran relating Iran’s 

24 nuclear program, including any new or amended 

25 agreement. 


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1 ‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—After the review period 

2 provided in subsection (b)(1), the President shall, 

3 not less than every 90 days— 

4 ‘‘(A) determine whether the President is 

5 able to certify that— 

6 ‘‘(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, 

7 and fully implementing the agreement, in8 cluding all related technical or additional 

9 agreements; 

10 ‘‘(ii) Iran has not committed a mate11 rial breach with respect to the agreement 

12 or, if Iran has committed a material 

13 breach, Iran has cured the material 

14 breach; 

15 ‘‘(iii) Iran has not taken any action, 

16 including covert action, that could signifi17 cantly advance its nuclear weapons pro18 gram; 

19 ‘‘(iv) Iran has not directly supported 

20 or carried out an act of terrorism against 

21 the United States or a United States per22 son anywhere in the world; and 

23 ‘‘(v) suspension of sanctions related to 

24 Iran pursuant to the agreement is— 


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1 ‘‘(I) appropriate and propor2 tionate to the specific and verifiable 

3 measures taken by Iran with respect 

4 to terminating its illicit nuclear pro5 gram; and 

6 ‘‘(II) vital to the national secu7 rity interests of the United States; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(B) if the President determines he is able 

10 to make the certification described in subpara11 graph (A), make such certification to the appro12 priate congressional committees. 

13 ‘‘(e) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLA14 TION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event the President 

16 does not submit a certification pursuant to sub17 section (d)(5) or has determined pursuant to sub18 section (d)(2) that Iran has materially breached an 

19 agreement subject to subsection (a), Congress may 

20 initiate within 60 days expedited consideration of 

21 qualifying legislation pursuant to this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(2) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—For 

23 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualifying leg24 islation’ means only a bill of either House of Con25 gress— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill 

2 reinstating statutory sanctions imposed with re3 spect to Iran.’; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the matter after the enacting clause 

5 of which is: ‘Any statutory sanctions imposed 

6 with respect to Iran pursuant to llllll 

7 that were waived, suspended, reduced, or other8 wise relieved pursuant to an agreement sub9 mitted pursuant to section 135(a) of the Atomic 

10 Energy Act of 1954 are hereby reinstated and 

11 any action by the United States Government to 

12 facilitate the release of funds or assets to Iran 

13 pursuant to such agreement, or provide any 

14 further waiver, suspension, reduction, or other 

15 relief is hereby prohibited.’, with the blank 

16 space being filled in with the law or laws under 

17 which sanctions are to be reinstated. 

18 ‘‘(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the 60-day pe19 riod provided for in paragraph (1), qualifying legis20 lation may be introduced— 

21 ‘‘(A) in the House of Representatives, by 

22 the Speaker (or the Speaker’s designee) or the 

23 minority leader (or the minority leader’s des24 ignee); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 

2 (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi3 nority leader (or the minority leader’s des4 ignee). 

5 ‘‘(4) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legis6 lation introduced in the Senate shall be referred to 

7 the Committee on Foreign Relations and in the 

8 House of Representatives to the Committee on For9 eign Affairs. 

10 ‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.—If the committee of either 

11 House to which qualifying legislation has been re12 ferred has not reported such qualifying legislation 

13 within 10 session days after the date of referral of 

14 such legislation, that committee shall be discharged 

15 from further consideration of such legislation and 

16 the qualifying legislation shall be placed on the ap17 propriate calendar. 

18 ‘‘(6) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF

19 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

21 After each committee authorized to consider 

22 qualifying legislation reports it to the House of 

23 Representatives or has been discharged from its 

24 consideration, it shall be in order to move to 

25 proceed to consider the qualifying legislation in 


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1 the House. All points of order against the mo2 tion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in 

3 order after the House has disposed of a motion 

4 to proceed on the qualifying legislation. The 

5 previous question shall be considered as ordered 

6 on the motion to its adoption without inter7 vening motion. The motion shall not be debat8 able. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

9 the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 

10 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—The qualifying 

11 legislation shall be considered as read. All 

12 points of order against the qualifying legislation 

13 and against its consideration are waived. The 

14 previous question shall be considered as ordered 

15 on the qualifying legislation to its passage with16 out intervening motion except 2 hours of debate 

17 equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

18 and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 

19 vote on passage of the qualifying legislation 

20 shall not be in order. No amendment to, or mo21 tion to recommit, qualifying legislation shall be 

22 in order. 

23 ‘‘(C) APPEALS.—All appeals from the 

24 Chair relating to the application of the Rules of 

25 the House of Representatives to the procedure 


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1 relating to the qualifying legislation shall be de2 cided without debate. 

3 ‘‘(7) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN4 ATE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 

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

7 in order at any time after the committee au8 thorized to consider qualifying legislation re9 ports it to the Senate or has been discharged 

10 from its consideration (even though a previous 

11 motion to the same effect has been disagreed 

12 to) to move to proceed to the consideration of 

13 qualifying legislation, and all points of order 

14 against qualifying legislation (and against con15 sideration of the qualifying legislation) are 

16 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

17 The motion is not subject to a motion to post18 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

19 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

20 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con21 sideration of the qualifying legislation is agreed 

22 to, the qualifying legislation shall remain the 

23 unfinished business until disposed of. 

24 ‘‘(B) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying leg25 islation, and on all debatable motions and apVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:33 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S625.PCS S625

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1 peals in connection therewith, shall be limited 

2 to not more than 10 hours, which shall be di3 vided equally between the majority and minority 

4 leaders or their designees. A motion to further 

5 limit debate is in order and not debatable. An 

6 amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a 

7 motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

8 business, or a motion to recommit the quali9 fying legislation is not in order. 

10 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 

11 passage shall occur immediately following the 

12 conclusion of the debate on the qualifying legis13 lation and a single quorum call at the conclu14 sion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

15 with the rules of the Senate. 

16 ‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE17 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

18 relating to the application of the rules of the 

19 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re20 lating to qualifying legislation shall be decided 

21 without debate. 

22 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES23 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes24 sage with respect to qualifying legislation, in25 cluding all debatable motions and appeals in 


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1 connection with such qualifying legislation, shall 

2 be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be3 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader 

4 and the minority leader or their designees. 

5 ‘‘(8) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

6 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY

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

9 House of qualifying legislation of that House, 

10 that House receives qualifying legislation from 

11 the other House, then the following procedures 

12 shall apply: 

13 ‘‘(i) The qualifying legislation of the 

14 other House shall not be referred to a com15 mittee. 

16 ‘‘(ii) With respect to qualifying legis17 lation of the House receiving the legisla18 tion— 

19 ‘‘(I) the procedure in that House 

20 shall be the same as if no qualifying 

21 legislation had been received from the 

22 other House; but 

23 ‘‘(II) the vote on passage shall be 

24 on the qualifying legislation of the 

25 other House. 


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1 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION

2 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to intro3 duce or consider qualifying legislation under 

4 this section, the qualifying legislation of the 

5 other House shall be entitled to expedited floor 

6 procedures under this section. 

7 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEAS8 URES.—If, following passage of the qualifying 

9 legislation in the Senate, the Senate then re10 ceives a companion measure from the House of 

11 Representatives, the companion measure shall 

12 not be debatable. 

13 ‘‘(f) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

14 SENATE.—Subsection (e) is enacted by Congress— 

15 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

16 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re17 spectively, and as such are deemed a part of the 

18 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only 

19 with respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

20 House in the case of legislation described in those 

21 sections, and supersede other rules only to the ex22 tent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and 

23 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

24 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

25 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 


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1 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

2 the case of any other rule of that House. 

3 ‘‘(g) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the sec4 tion shall be construed as— 

5 ‘‘(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, 

6 the President’s authority to negotiate, enter into, or 

7 implement appropriate executive agreements, other 

8 than the restrictions on implementation of the agree9 ments specifically covered by this Act; 

10 ‘‘(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, re11 duction, or other relief from statutory sanctions with 

12 respect to Iran under any provision of law, or allow13 ing the President to refrain from applying any such 

14 sanctions pursuant to an agreement described in 

15 subsection (a) during the period for review provided 

16 in subsection (b)(1); 

17 ‘‘(3) revoking or terminating any statutory 

18 sanctions imposed on Iran; or 

19 ‘‘(4) authorizing the use of military force 

20 against Iran. 

21 ‘‘(h) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that— 

23 ‘‘(1) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran by 

24 Congress is primarily responsible for bringing Iran 

25 to the table to negotiate on its nuclear program; 


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1 ‘‘(2) these negotiations are a critically impor2 tant matter of national security and foreign policy 

3 for the United States and its closest allies; and 

4 ‘‘(3) it is critically important that Congress 

5 have the opportunity to consider and, as appro6 priate, take action on any agreement affecting the 

7 statutory sanctions regime imposed by Congress. 

8 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) AGREEMENT AND ALL RELATED MATE10 RIALS AND ANNEXES.—The term ‘agreement and all 

11 related materials and annexes’ means the agreement 

12 itself and any additional materials related thereto, 

13 including annexes, appendices, codicils, side agree14 ments, implementing materials, documents, and 

15 guidance, technical or other understandings, and any 

16 related agreements, whether entered into or imple17 mented prior to the agreement or to be entered into 

18 or implemented in the future. 

19 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section 

22 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

23 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

24 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

25 term ‘Iranian financial institution’ has the meaning 


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1 given the term in section 104A(d) of the Com2 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di3 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 

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

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

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

7 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the 

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

9 and the United States, and all implementing mate10 rials and agreements related to the Joint Plan of 

11 Action, including the technical understandings 

12 reached on January 12, 2014, the extension thereto 

13 agreed to on July 18, 2014, the extension agreed to 

14 on November 24, 2014, and any extension that is 

15 agreed to on or after the date of the enactment of 

16 the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. 

17 ‘‘(5) MATERIAL BREACH.—The term ‘material 

18 breach’ means, with respect to an agreement de19 scribed in subsection (a), any breach of the agree20 ment that substantially— 

21 ‘‘(A) benefits Iran’s nuclear program; 

22 ‘‘(B) decreases the amount of time re23 quired by Iran to achieve a nuclear weapon; or 

24 ‘‘(C) deviates from or undermines the pur25 poses of such agreement. 


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1 ‘‘(6) NONCOMPLIANCE DEFINED.—The term 

2 ‘noncompliance’ means any departure from the 

3 terms of an agreement described in subsection (a) 

4 that is not a material breach. 

5 ‘‘(7) P5+1 COUNTRIES.—The term ‘P5+1 

6 countries’ means the United States, France, the 

7 Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, 

8 the United Kingdom, and Germany. 

9 ‘‘(8) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

10 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given that 

11 term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran 

12 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

13 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).’’. 

14 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

15 This Act shall become effective 1 day after enact16 ment. 


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Calendar No. 27 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 625 

A BILL 

To provide for congressional review and oversight of 

and for other purposes. agreements relating to Iran’s nuclear program, 

MARCH 4, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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