In the Senate of the United States, 
May 7, 2015. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1191) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services vol-
unteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Nuclear Agreement 
Review Act of 2015’’.
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 
AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN RELATING TO THE 
NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN. 
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 134 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 135. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF 
AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN. 
‘‘(a) TRANSMISSION
TO
CONGRESS
OF
NUCLEAR 
AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN AND VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT 
WITH RESPECT TO SUCH AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.—Not later 
than 5 calendar days after reaching an agreement 
with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership— 
‘‘(A) the agreement, as defined in subsection 
(h)(1), including all related materials and an-
nexes; 
‘‘(B) a verification assessment report of the 
Secretary of State prepared under paragraph (2) 
with respect to the agreement; and 
‘‘(C) a certification that— 
‘‘(i) the agreement includes the appro-
priate terms, conditions, and duration of 
the agreement’s requirements with respect to
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Iran’s nuclear activities and provisions de-
scribing any sanctions to be waived, sus-
pended, or otherwise reduced by the United 
States, and any other nation or entity, in-
cluding the United Nations; and 
‘‘(ii) the President determines the 
agreement meets United States non-pro-
liferation objectives, does not jeopardize the 
common defense and security, provides an 
adequate framework to ensure that Iran’s 
nuclear activities permitted thereunder will 
not be inimical to or constitute an unrea-
sonable risk to the common defense and se-
curity, and ensures that Iran’s nuclear ac-
tivities permitted thereunder will not be 
used to further any nuclear-related military 
or nuclear explosive purpose, including for 
any research on or development of any nu-
clear explosive device or any other nuclear- 
related military purpose. 
‘‘(2) VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall prepare, with respect to an agreement de-
scribed in paragraph (1), a report assessing—
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‘‘(i) the extent to which the Secretary 
will be able to verify that Iran is complying 
with its obligations and commitments under 
the agreement; 
‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the safeguards 
and other control mechanisms and other as-
surances contained in the agreement with 
respect to Iran’s nuclear program to ensure 
Iran’s activities permitted thereunder will 
not be used to further any nuclear-related 
military or nuclear explosive purpose, in-
cluding for any research on or development 
of any nuclear explosive device or any other 
nuclear-related military purpose; and 
‘‘(iii) the capacity and capability of 
the International Atomic Energy Agency to 
effectively implement the verification regime 
required by or related to the agreement, in-
cluding whether the International Atomic 
Energy Agency will have sufficient access to 
investigate suspicious sites or allegations of 
covert nuclear-related activities and whether 
it has the required funding, manpower, and 
authority to undertake the verification re-
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gime required by or related to the agree-
ment. 
‘‘(B) ASSUMPTIONS.—In preparing a report 
under subparagraph (A) with respect to an 
agreement described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall assume that Iran could— 
‘‘(i) use all measures not expressly pro-
hibited by the agreement to conceal activi-
ties that violate its obligations and commit-
ments under the agreement; and 
‘‘(ii) alter or deviate from standard 
practices in order to impede efforts to verify 
that Iran is complying with those obliga-
tions and commitments. 
‘‘(C) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—A report under 
subparagraph (A) shall be transmitted in unclas-
sified form, but shall include a classified annex 
prepared in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, summarizing relevant clas-
sified information. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Neither the require-
ments of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of para-
graph (1), nor subsections (b) through (g) of this 
section, shall apply to an agreement described in
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subsection (h)(5) or to the EU-Iran Joint State-
ment made on April 2, 2015. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (A), any agreement 
as defined in subsection (h)(1) and any related 
materials, whether concluded before or after the 
date of the enactment of this section, shall not be 
subject to the exception in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF NUCLEAR 
AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 30-calendar day 
period following transmittal by the President of an 
agreement pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
shall, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and 
otherwise obtain information in order to fully review 
such agreement. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 
review under paragraph (1) shall be 60 calendar days 
if an agreement, including all materials required to 
be transmitted to Congress pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1), is transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) be-
tween July 10, 2015, and September 7, 2015.
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‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL 
CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW
PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in 
paragraph (6), prior to and during the period for 
transmission of an agreement in subsection (a)(1) 
and during the period for congressional review pro-
vided in paragraph (1), including any additional pe-
riod as applicable under the exception provided in 
paragraph (2), the President may not waive, suspend, 
reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the ap-
plication of statutory sanctions with respect to Iran 
under any provision of law or refrain from applying 
any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
PRESI-
DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF 
DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in paragraph (6), if a joint 
resolution of disapproval described in subsection 
(c)(2)(B) passes both Houses of Congress, the Presi-
dent may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of 
law or refrain from applying any such sanctions pur-
suant to an agreement described in subsection (a) for
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a period of 12 calendar days following the date of 
such passage. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES-
SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except as provided in paragraph (6), if 
a joint resolution of disapproval described in sub-
section (c)(2)(B) passes both Houses of Congress, and 
the President vetoes such joint resolution, the Presi-
dent may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of 
law or refrain from applying any such sanctions pur-
suant to an agreement described in subsection (a) for 
a period of 10 calendar days following the date of the 
President’s veto. 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTION.—The prohibitions under para-
graphs (3) through (5) do not apply to any new defer-
ral, waiver, or other suspension of statutory sanctions 
pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action if that deferral, 
waiver, or other suspension is made— 
‘‘(A) consistent with the law in effect on the 
date of the enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agree-
ment Review Act of 2015; and
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‘‘(B) not later than 45 calendar days before 
the transmission by the President of an agree-
ment, assessment report, and certification under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(7) DEFINITION.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘trans-
mittal,’ ‘transmitted,’ and ‘transmission’ mean trans-
mittal, transmitted, and transmission, respectively, to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WITH RE-
SPECT TO NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.— 
‘‘(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
‘‘(A) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran 
by Congress is primarily responsible for bringing 
Iran to the table to negotiate on its nuclear pro-
gram; 
‘‘(B) these negotiations are a critically im-
portant matter of national security and foreign 
policy for the United States and its closest allies; 
‘‘(C) this section does not require a vote by 
Congress for the agreement to commence; 
‘‘(D) this section provides for congressional 
review, including, as appropriate, for approval,
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disapproval, or no action on statutory sanctions 
relief under an agreement; and 
‘‘(E) even though the agreement may com-
mence, because the sanctions regime was imposed 
by Congress and only Congress can permanently 
modify or eliminate that regime, it is critically 
important that Congress have the opportunity, 
in an orderly and deliberative manner, to con-
sider and, as appropriate, take action affecting 
the statutory sanctions regime imposed by Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, action involving any measure of 
statutory sanctions relief by the United States pursu-
ant to an agreement subject to subsection (a) or the 
Joint Plan of Action— 
‘‘(A) may be taken, consistent with existing 
statutory requirements for such action, if, during 
the period for review provided in subsection (b), 
there is enacted a joint resolution stating in sub-
stance that the Congress does favor the agree-
ment; 
‘‘(B) may not be taken if, during the period 
for review provided in subsection (b), there is en-
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acted a joint resolution stating in substance that 
the Congress does not favor the agreement; or 
‘‘(C) may be taken, consistent with existing 
statutory requirements for such action, if, fol-
lowing the period for review provided in sub-
section (b), there is not enacted any such joint 
resolution. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sub-
section, the phrase ‘action involving any measure of 
statutory sanctions relief by the United States’ shall 
include waiver, suspension, reduction, or other effort 
to provide relief from, or otherwise limit the applica-
tion of statutory sanctions with respect to, Iran under 
any provision of law or any other effort to refrain 
from applying any such sanctions. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF IRANIAN COM-
PLIANCE WITH NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall keep the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
fully and currently informed of all aspects of Iranian 
compliance with respect to an agreement subject to 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BREACHES AND 
COMPLIANCE INCIDENTS.—The President shall, within 
10 calendar days of receiving credible and accurate