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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3465 

To impose certain requirements relating to the renegotiation or reentry into 

the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or other agreement relating 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2021 

Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself and Mr. JACKSON) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To impose certain requirements relating to the renegotiation 

or reentry into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 

or other agreement 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 China Account5 ability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac2 tion (JCPOA) provided Iran with over 

3 $100,000,000,000 in sanctions relief, circumventing 

4 mandatory sanctions imposed by the Congress of the 

5 United States. 

6 (2) The Obama Administration delivered 

7 $400,000,000 in cash to Iran in 2016. 

8 (3) President Trump wisely removed the United 

9 States from the disastrous JCPOA on May 8, 2018, 

10 and implemented a campaign of maximum economic 

11 pressure on Iran until the regime ends its nuclear 

12 program, its pursuit of ballistic missiles, its support 

13 of terrorism and regional destabilization, and re14 leases all United States hostages. 

15 (4) Iran and China signed a 25-year strategic 

16 economic cooperation agreement on March 27, 2021. 

17 (5) This agreement involves a transfer of 

18 $400,000,000,000 from the Chinese Communist 

19 Party to the Iranian Government. 

20 (6) The Chinese Communist Party is commit21 ting an ongoing genocide against Uighur Muslims in 

22 the Xinjiang region and suppressing religious free23 dom across the country. 

24 (7) The Chinese Communist Party is also sup25 pressing religious freedom by wrongly imprisoning 


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1 Christians, raiding house churches, and attempting 

2 to shut down houses of worship not endorsed by the 

3 government. 

4 (8) The Iranian government is perpetrating vio5 lence against its own people, including through the 

6 killing of protesters, and the persecution of women 

7 and religious minorities. It is also involved in severe 

8 violations of human rights throughout the Middle 

9 East, including supporting the brutal Assad regime 

10 in Syria. 

11 (9) China has increased its purchases of oil 

12 from Iran, in violation of United States sanctions, in 

13 the past few months. Such oil sales would be per14 mitted if the United States lifts sanctions on Iran 

15 and re-enters the failed Iran nuclear deal. 

16 (10) The failed Iran nuclear deal required that 

17 the United Nations arms embargo on Iran expire in 

18 October 2020, which permits China to sell arms to 

19 Iran, and permits Iran to sell arms to China. 

20 (11) The United States Government unequivo21 cally condemns the Hamas-incited terrorist attacks 

22 originating from Israeli land currently occupied by 

23 Hamas. 


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1 (12) The United States Government recognizes 

2 Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas-incited 

3 terrorist attacks. 

4 SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANY IRAN NU5 CLEAR AGREEMENT. 

6 (a) LIMITATIONS PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO NEGO7 TIATIONS.—No Federal funds may be authorized to be ap8 propriated or otherwise made available to enter into any 

9 negotiation with the Government of Iran with respect to 

10 an Iran nuclear agreement until the President certifies to 

11 Congress that— 

12 (1) the Government of China has ceased to in13 carcerate Uighur individuals in concentration camps 

14 in the Xinjiang region; 

15 (2) the Government of Iran has terminated— 

16 (A) all agreements involving the transfer of 

17 funds to such Government from China; and 

18 (B) all agreements involving a strategic 

19 military or security partnership with China; 

20 (3) the Government of Iran has terminated all 

21 ties and transfer of cash to Iranian proxy forces, in22 cluding Hamas; and 

23 (4) the Government of Iran has verified the de24 struction of any and all chemical weapons, materials, 

25 and infrastructure. 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR CONTENTS OF AGREE2 MENT.—No Federal funds may be authorized to be appro3 priated or otherwise made available for United States 

4 entry into any Iran nuclear agreement, and the President 

5 may not take any action (including in the form of an agen6 da, agreement, platform, or plan) to carry out the goals 

7 of such an agreement, unless such agreement certifies the 

8 destruction of any and all Iranian nuclear and missile ca9 pabilities, weapons, infrastructure, chemical weapons, and 

10 offensive cyber activity. 

11 (c) RATIFICATION REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, any Iran nuclear agreement shall 

13 be deemed a treaty for purposes of the requirement of the 

14 advice and consent of the Senate to ratification. The 

15 President may not take any action (including in the form 

16 of an agenda, agreement, platform, or plan) to carry out 

17 the goals of such an agreement until the Senate has adopt18 ed a resolution of advice and consent to such ratification. 

19 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State 

20 shall submit to Congress, prior to the submission of a pro21 posed Iran nuclear agreement to the Senate for ratifica22 tion in accordance with subsection (c), a report setting 

23 forth the manner and extent to which the negotiation and 

24 terms of such proposed Iran nuclear agreement comply 

25 with each limitation under this section. 


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1 SEC. 4. IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT DEFINED. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Iran nuclear agreement’’ 

3 means— 

4 (1) the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 

5 signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and by the 

6 People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, the 

7 Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the 

8 United States, with the High Representative of the 

9 European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security 

10 Policy, and all implementing materials and agree11 ments related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 

12 Action; and 

13 (2) any successor or other agreement exchang14 ing relief from international sanctions for restric15 tions on Iran’s nuclear program. 

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