Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran on July 14, 2015.

Whereas a nuclear-capable Iran threatens United States national security and global stability; Whereas since the 1980s, Iran has engaged in a sustained and well-documented pattern of illicit and deceptive activities to acquire a nuclear weapons capability; Whereas it is the policy of the United States to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability; Whereas the United Nations Security Council has adopted 6 resolutions since 2006 demanding of Iran its full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and its full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding issues related to its nuclear activities, particularly those concerning the possible military dimensions of its nuclear programs; Whereas Secretary of State John Kerry has publicly stated that the United States does not recognize Iran’s self-proclaimed right to enrich uranium; Whereas the United Nations Security Council has adopted multiple resolutions demanding of Iran its full and sustained suspension of heavy-water production efforts, including the heavy-water reactor at Arak; Whereas Iran is developing an arsenal of advanced long-range ballistic missiles, including some already capable of reaching India, North Africa, western China, and parts of eastern Europe; Whereas, on June 9, 2010, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1929, which states that Iran shall not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Whereas the United States Department of State has designated Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1984 and has characterized Iran as the most active state sponsor of terrorism Whereas Iran is a world leader in human rights violations, including the persecution of religious minorities and imprisonment of United States citizens; Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to between the P5+1 and Iran on July 14, 2015, fails to require Iran to fully dismantle its nuclear program; Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action provides Iran with billions of dollars in additional sanctions relief and unfrozen assets; Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action allows key restraints on Iran’s nuclear program to expire within 10 to 15 years, including those on Iran’s domestic uranium enrichment program and heavy-water reactor at Arak; Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action allows for lifting international restrictions on Iran with regards to conventional military arms and ballistic missiles; Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action fails to address Iran’s egregious human rights record, Iran’s role as the world’s leading state-sponsor of international terrorism, and Iran’s unjust imprisonment of innocent United States citizens; and Whereas the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed into law on May 22, 2015 ( Public Law 114–17 That the House of Representatives— (1) expresses its firm disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran on July 14, 2015; (2) reaffirms its commitment to prevent Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapons capability; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to encouraging global stability and security by strongly supporting strategic regional allies.

Summary: Expresses disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran on July 14, 2015. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to: (1) prevent Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, and (2) encourage global stability and security by strongly supporting strategic regional allies.