SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Counterterrorism 
Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES WITH RE-
SPECT TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF IRAN. 
(a) FY 2013 NDAA.—Section 1247 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 
U.S.C. 8806) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (f)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘de-
termines that such a waiver’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘determines that— 
‘‘(i) the Government of Iran has 
ceased to provide support for acts of inter-
national terrorism; or 
‘‘(ii) such a waiver’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘be-
fore issuing a waiver pursuant to subparagraph 
(A)(ii),’’ before ‘‘submits’’. 
(2) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 
calendar days beginning on the date on which the 
President 
submits 
a 
report 
under 
subsection 
(f)(1)(B), the appropriate congressional committees
should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings 
and otherwise obtain information in order to fully 
review the report. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 
review under paragraph (1) of a report required to 
be submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) shall be 60 
calendar days if the report is submitted on or after 
July 10 and on or before September 7 in any cal-
endar year. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL 
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, during the period for 
congressional review provided for under paragraph 
(1) of a report submitted under subsection (f)(1)(B) 
proposing a waiver of the imposition of sanctions 
under subsection (a), including any additional period 
for such review as applicable under the exception 
provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 
issue the waiver unless a joint resolution of approval 
with respect to that waiver is enacted in accordance 
with subsection (h). 
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RES-
OLUTION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, if a joint resolution of dis-
approval relating to a report submitted under sub-
section (f)(1)(B) proposing an action described in 
subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) is enacted in accordance with 
subsection (h), the President may not issue the waiv-
er. 
‘‘(h) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR AP-
PROVAL DEFINED.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The 
term ‘joint resolution of approval’ means only a joint 
resolution of either House of Congress— 
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 
joint resolution approving the President’s pro-
posal to issue a waiver relating to the applica-
tion of certain sanctions with respect to Iran.’; 
and 
‘‘(B) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘Congress ap-
proves of the issuance of a waiver relating to 
the application of sanctions imposed with re-
spect to Iran proposed by the President in the 
report submitted to Congress under section 
1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author-
ization 
Act 
for 
Fiscal 
Year 
2013 
on 
lllllll 
relating 
to 
llllllll.’, with the first blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date and the
second blank space being filled with a short de-
scription of the proposed waiver. 
‘‘(2) JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.— 
The term ‘joint resolution of disapproval’ means only 
a joint resolution of either House of Congress— 
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 
joint resolution disapproving the President’s 
proposal to issue a waiver relating to the appli-
cation of certain sanctions with respect to 
Iran.’; and 
‘‘(B) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘Congress dis-
approves of the issuance of a waiver relating to 
the application of sanctions imposed with re-
spect to Iran proposed by the President in the 
report submitted to Congress under section 
1247(f)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author-
ization 
Act 
for 
Fiscal 
Year 
2013 
on 
lllllll 
relating 
to 
llllllll.’, with the first blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date and the 
second blank space being filled with a short de-
scription of the proposed action. 
‘‘(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 
calendar days provided for under subsection (g)(1),
including any additional period as applicable under 
the exception provided in subsection (g)(2), a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval may be introduced— 
‘‘(A) in the House of Representatives, by 
the majority leader or the minority leader; and 
‘‘(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 
(or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi-
nority leader (or the minority leader’s des-
ignee). 
‘‘(4) FLOOR
CONSIDERATION
IN
HOUSE
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 
Representatives to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval has been re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint res-
olution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced in the Senate shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs.
‘‘(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 10 calendar days after the date of refer-
ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 
after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs reports a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval to the 
Senate or has been discharged from consider-
ation of such a joint resolution (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 
order against the joint resolution (and against 
consideration of the joint resolution) are 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to a motion to post-
pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which
ate (unless the House has already passed a 
joint resolution relating to the same proposed 
action): 
‘‘(i) The joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices. 
‘‘(ii) If a committee to which a joint 
resolution has been referred has not re-
ported the joint resolution within 2 cal-
endar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration of the joint resolution. 
‘‘(iii) Beginning on the third legisla-
tive day after each committee to which a 
joint resolution has been referred reports 
the joint resolution to the House or has 
been discharged from further consideration 
thereof, it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the joint resolution in the 
House. All points of order against the mo-
tion are waived. Such a motion shall not be 
in order after the House has disposed of a 
motion to proceed on the joint resolution. 
The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the motion to its adoption
without intervening motion. The motion 
shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is dis-
posed of shall not be in order. 
‘‘(iv) The joint resolution shall be con-
sidered as read. All points of order against 
the joint resolution and against its consid-
eration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without inter-
vening motion except 2 hours of debate 
equally divided and controlled by the spon-
sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 
the vote on passage of the joint resolution 
shall not be in order. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO-
LUTION IN SENATE.— 
‘‘(i) If, before the passage by the Sen-
ate of a joint resolution of approval or 
joint resolution of disapproval, the Senate 
receives an identical joint resolution from 
the House of Representatives, the following 
procedures shall apply:
‘‘(I) That joint resolution shall 
not be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(II) With respect to that joint 
resolution— 
‘‘(aa) the procedure in the 
Senate shall be the same as if no 
joint resolution had been received 
from the House of Representa-
tives; but 
‘‘(bb) the vote on passage 
shall be on the joint resolution 
from the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(ii) If, following passage of a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
disapproval in the Senate, the Senate re-
ceives an identical joint resolution from the 
House of Representatives, that joint reso-
lution shall be placed on the appropriate 
Senate calendar. 
‘‘(iii) If a joint resolution of approval 
or a joint resolution of disapproval is re-
ceived from the House, and no companion 
joint resolution has been introduced in the 
Senate, the Senate procedures under this
subsection shall apply to the House joint 
resolution. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION
TO
REVENUE
MEAS-
URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to a 
joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 
of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 
‘‘(7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con-
gress— 
‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 
power of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, respectively, and as such is deemed 
a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
and supersedes other rules only to the extent 
that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House.’’. 
(b) FY 2012 NDAA.—Section 1245(d)(5) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8513a(d)(5)) is amended as follows: