SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREE-
MENTS WITH IRAN. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREE-
MENTS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President, within three 
days of the conclusion of any agreement between the 
United States, any other party, and the Islamic Re-
public of Iran related to Iran’s nuclear program, 
shall submit such agreement to Congress. 
(2) PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During the 15-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the Presi-
dent submits an agreement under paragraph 
(1), the Committees on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives shall review 
any such agreement and may hold hearings or 
briefings, as appropriate. 
(B) EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES
FOR
A 
JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
APPROVAL
OR
DIS-
APPROVAL.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—During the 15-day 
period beginning on the day after the pe-
riod for review provided for in subpara-
graph (A), a joint resolution of approval or 
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a joint resolution of disapproval may be in-
troduced in the House of Representatives 
by the Speaker, the minority leader, or 
their respective designee, or in the Senate 
by the majority leader, the minority leader, 
or their respective designee, and may not 
be amended. 
(ii) REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of 
approval or a joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced under clause (i) in the 
Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and a joint resolution 
of approval or a joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced under clause (i) in the 
House of Representatives shall be referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
(iii) COMMITTEE
DISCHARGE
AND 
FLOOR
CONSIDERATION.—The provisions 
of subsections (c) through (f) of section 
152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2192) (relating to committee discharge and 
floor consideration of certain resolutions in 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate) apply to a joint resolution of approval 
or a joint resolution of disapproval under 
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this subsection to the same extent that 
such subsections apply to joint resolutions 
under such section 152, except that— 
(I) subsection (c)(1) shall be ap-
plied and administered by substituting 
‘‘10 days’’ for ‘‘30 days’’; and 
(II) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall 
be applied and administered by sub-
stituting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Re-
lations’’ for ‘‘Committee on Finance’’. 
(iv) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES
AND
THE
SENATE.—This 
subsection is enacted by Congress— 
(I) as an exercise of the rule-
making power of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such is deemed a part 
of the rules of each House, respec-
tively, but applicable only with respect 
to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolu-
tion, and it supersedes other rules 
only to the extent that it is incon-
sistent with such rules; and 
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(II) with full recognition of the 
constitutional 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. 
(v) 
DEFINITIONS.—In 
this 
sub-
section— 
(I) the term ‘‘joint resolution of 
approval’’ means only a joint resolu-
tion of the 2 Houses of Congress, the 
sole matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 
approves of the agreement between 
the United States and the Islamic Re-
public of Iran submitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress under section 2(a) of 
the 
Iran 
Nuclear 
Agreement 
Accountablity Act on llll.’’, 
with the blank space being filled with 
the appropriate date; and 
(II) the term ‘‘joint resolution of 
disapproval’’ means only a joint reso-
lution of the 2 Houses of Congress, 
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the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That 
Congress disapproves of the agree-
ment between the United States and 
the Islamic Republic of Iran sub-
mitted by the President to Congress 
under section 2(a) of the Iran Nuclear 
Agreement 
Accountablity 
Act 
on 
llll.’’, with the blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion or any action taken pursuant to this section shall be 
construed as approval of any sanctions relief in connection 
with any agreement with respect to Iran’s nuclear pro-
gram. 
Æ 
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