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gram and the compliance of Iran with the agreement 
during the period covered by the report, including the 
following elements: 
‘‘(A) Any action or failure to act by Iran 
that breached the agreement or is in noncompli-
ance with the terms of the agreement. 
‘‘(B) Any delay by Iran of more than one 
week in providing inspectors access to facilities, 
people, and documents in Iran as required by 
the agreement. 
‘‘(C) Any progress made by Iran to resolve 
concerns by the International Atomic Energy 
Agency about possible military dimensions of 
Iran’s nuclear program. 
‘‘(D) Any procurement by Iran of materials 
in violation of the agreement or which could oth-
erwise significantly advance Iran’s ability to ob-
tain a nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(E) Any centrifuge research and develop-
ment conducted by Iran that— 
‘‘(i) is not in compliance with the 
agreement; or 
‘‘(ii) may substantially reduce the 
breakout time of acquisition of a nuclear 
weapon by Iran, if deployed.
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‘‘(F) Any diversion by Iran of uranium, 
carbon-fiber, or other materials for use in Iran’s 
nuclear program in violation of the agreement. 
‘‘(G) Any covert nuclear activities under-
taken by Iran, including any covert nuclear 
weapons-related or covert fissile material activi-
ties or research and development. 
‘‘(H) An assessment of whether any Iranian 
financial institutions are engaged in money 
laundering or terrorist finance activities, includ-
ing names of specific financial institutions if ap-
plicable. 
‘‘(I) Iran’s advances in its ballistic missile 
program, including developments related to its 
long-range and inter-continental ballistic missile 
programs. 
‘‘(J) An assessment of— 
‘‘(i) whether Iran directly supported, 
financed, planned, or carried out an act of 
terrorism against the United States or a 
United States person anywhere in the 
world; 
‘‘(ii) whether, and the extent to which, 
Iran supported acts of terrorism, including 
acts of terrorism against the United States
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or a United States person anywhere in the 
world; 
‘‘(iii) all actions, including in inter-
national fora, being taken by the United 
States to stop, counter, and condemn acts 
by Iran to directly or indirectly carry out 
acts of terrorism against the United States 
and United States persons; 
‘‘(iv) the impact on the national secu-
rity of the United States and the safety of 
United States citizens as a result of any 
Iranian actions reported under this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(v) all of the sanctions relief provided 
to Iran, pursuant to the agreement, and a 
description of the relationship between each 
sanction waived, suspended, or deferred and 
Iran’s nuclear weapon’s program. 
‘‘(K) An assessment of whether violations of 
internationally recognized human rights in Iran 
have changed, increased, or decreased, as com-
pared to the prior 180-day period. 
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) AGENCY REPORTS.—Following submis-
sion of an agreement pursuant to subsection (a)
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to the appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership, the Department of State, the Depart-
ment of Energy, and the Department of Defense 
shall, upon the request of any of those committees 
or leadership, promptly furnish to those commit-
tees or leadership their views as to whether the 
safeguards and other controls contained in the 
agreement with respect to Iran’s nuclear pro-
gram provide an adequate framework to ensure 
that Iran’s activities permitted thereunder will 
not be inimical to or constitute an unreasonable 
risk to the common defense and security. 
‘‘(B) PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON NU-
CLEAR INITIATIVES WITH IRAN.—The President 
shall keep the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership fully and currently informed 
of any initiative or negotiations with Iran relat-
ing to Iran’s nuclear program, including any 
new or amended agreement. 
‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION.—After the re-
view period provided in subsection (b), the President 
shall, not less than every 90 calendar days— 
‘‘(A) determine whether the President is 
able to certify that—
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‘‘(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, 
and fully implementing the agreement, in-
cluding all related technical or additional 
agreements; 
‘‘(ii) Iran has not committed a mate-
rial breach with respect to the agreement or, 
if Iran has committed a material breach, 
Iran has cured the material breach; 
‘‘(iii) Iran has not taken any action, 
including covert activities, that could sig-
nificantly advance its nuclear weapons pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(iv) suspension of sanctions related to 
Iran pursuant to the agreement is— 
‘‘(I) appropriate and propor-
tionate to the specific and verifiable 
measures taken by Iran with respect to 
terminating its illicit nuclear pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(II) vital to the national security 
interests of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) if the President determines he is able 
to make the certification described in subpara-
graph (A), make such certification to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership.
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‘‘(7) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
‘‘(A) United States sanctions on Iran for 
terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic 
missiles will remain in place under an agree-
ment, as defined in subsection (h)(1); 
‘‘(B) issues not addressed by an agreement 
on the nuclear program of Iran, including fair 
and appropriate compensation for Americans 
who were terrorized and subjected to torture 
while held in captivity for 444 days after the sei-
zure of the United States Embassy in Tehran, 
Iran, in 1979 and their families, the freedom of 
Americans held in Iran, the human rights abuses 
of the Government of Iran against its own peo-
ple, and the continued support of terrorism 
worldwide by the Government of Iran, are mat-
ters critical to ensure justice and the national se-
curity of the United States, and should be expe-
ditiously addressed; 
‘‘(C) the President should determine the 
agreement in no way compromises the commit-
ment of the United States to Israel’s security, 
nor its support for Israel’s right to exist; and
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‘‘(D) in order to responsibly implement any 
long-term agreement reached between the P5+1 
countries and Iran, it is critically important 
that Congress have the opportunity to review 
any agreement and, as necessary, take action to 
modify the statutory sanctions regime imposed 
by Congress. 
‘‘(e) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(1) INITIATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the event the Presi-
dent does not submit a certification pursuant to 
subsection (d)(6) during each 90-day period fol-
lowing the review period provided in subsection 
(b), or submits a determination pursuant to sub-
section (d)(3) that Iran has materially breached 
an agreement subject to subsection (a) and the 
material breach has not been cured, qualifying 
legislation introduced within 60 calendar days of 
such event shall be entitled to expedited consider-
ation pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In the House of Rep-
resentatives, for purposes of this paragraph, the 
terms ‘submit’ and ‘submits’ mean submit and 
submits, respectively, to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives.
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‘‘(2) QUALIFYING
LEGISLATION
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualifying legis-
lation’ means only a bill of either House of Con-
gress— 
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill 
reinstating statutory sanctions imposed with re-
spect to Iran.’; and 
‘‘(B) the matter after the enacting clause of 
which is: ‘Any statutory sanctions imposed with 
respect to Iran pursuant to llllll that 
were waived, suspended, reduced, or otherwise re-
lieved pursuant to an agreement submitted pur-
suant to section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 are hereby reinstated and any action by 
the United States Government to facilitate the 
release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to 
such agreement, or provide any further waiver, 
suspension, reduction, or other relief pursuant to 
such agreement is hereby prohibited.’, with the 
blank space being filled in with the law or laws 
under which sanctions are to be reinstated. 
‘‘(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the 60-calendar 
day period provided for in paragraph (1), qualifying 
legislation may be introduced—
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‘‘(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 minor-
ity leader (or the minority leader’s designee). 
‘‘(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—If a 
committee of the House to which qualifying legis-
lation has been referred has not reported such 
qualifying legislation within 10 legislative days 
after the date of referral, that committee shall be 
discharged from further consideration thereof. 
‘‘(B) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Beginning on the third legislative day after each 
committee to which qualifying legislation has 
been referred reports it to the House or has been 
discharged from further consideration thereof, it 
shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 
the qualifying legislation in the House. All 
points of order against the motion are waived. 
Such a motion shall not be in order after the 
House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
qualifying legislation with regard to the same 
agreement. The previous question shall be consid-
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ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 
without intervening motion. The motion shall 
not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 
in order. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—The qualifying leg-
islation shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against the qualifying legislation and 
against its consideration are waived. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on 
the qualifying legislation to final passage with-
out intervening motion except two hours of de-
bate equally divided and controlled by the spon-
sor of the qualifying legislation (or a designee) 
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 
vote on passage of the qualifying legislation shall 
not be in order. 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) COMMITTEE
REFERRAL.—Qualifying 
legislation introduced in the Senate shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Foreign Relations has not reported 
such qualifying legislation within 10 session 
days after the date of referral of such legislation,
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that committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration of such legislation and the quali-
fying legislation shall be placed on the appro-
priate 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 authorized to consider quali-
fying legislation reports it to the Senate or has 
been discharged from its consideration (even 
though a previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the con-
sideration of qualifying legislation, and all 
points of order against qualifying legislation 
(and against consideration of the qualifying leg-
islation) are waived. The motion to proceed is 
not debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-
tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the qualifying legislation is 
agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall remain 
the unfinished business until disposed of. 
‘‘(D) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legis-
lation, and on all debatable motions and appeals
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in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between the majority and minority lead-
ers or their designees. A motion to further limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. An amend-
ment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other business, 
or a motion to recommit the qualifying legisla-
tion is not in order. 
‘‘(E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas-
sage shall occur immediately following the con-
clusion of the debate on the qualifying legislation 
and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the 
debate, if requested in accordance with the rules 
of the Senate. 
‘‘(F) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to qualifying legislation shall be decided 
without debate. 
‘‘(G) 
CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MES-
SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes-
sage with respect to qualifying legislation, in-
cluding all debatable motions and appeals in
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connection with such qualifying legislation, shall 
be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and 
the minority leader or their designees. 
‘‘(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) 
COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 
House of qualifying legislation of that House, 
that House receives qualifying legislation from 
the other House, then the following procedures 
shall apply: 
‘‘(i) The qualifying legislation of the 
other House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to qualifying legisla-
tion of the House receiving the legislation— 
‘‘(I) the procedure in that House 
shall be the same as if no qualifying 
legislation had been received from the 
other House; but 
‘‘(II) the vote on passage shall be 
on the qualifying legislation of the 
other House.
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‘‘(B) TREATMENT
OF
A
BILL
OF
OTHER 
HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce quali-
fying legislation under this section, the quali-
fying legislation of the other House shall be enti-
tled to expedited floor procedures under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
COMPANION
MEAS-
URES.—If, following passage of the qualifying 
legislation in the Senate, the Senate then receives 
a companion measure from the House of Rep-
resentatives, the companion measure shall not be 
debatable. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION
TO
REVENUE
MEAS-
URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to 
qualifying legislation which is a revenue meas-
ure. 
‘‘(f) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 
SENATE.—Subsection (e) is enacted by Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such are deemed a part of the rules of 
each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-
spect to the procedure to be followed in that House in 
the case of legislation described in those sections, and
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supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as re-
lating 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. 
‘‘(g) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the sec-
tion shall be construed as— 
‘‘(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, 
the President’s authority to negotiate, enter into, or 
implement appropriate executive agreements, other 
than the restrictions on implementation of the agree-
ments specifically covered by this section; 
‘‘(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, re-
duction, or other relief from statutory sanctions with 
respect to Iran under any provision of law, or allow-
ing the President to refrain from applying any such 
sanctions pursuant to an agreement described in sub-
section (a) during the period for review provided in 
subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) revoking or terminating any statutory sanc-
tions imposed on Iran; or 
‘‘(4) authorizing the use of military force against 
Iran.
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‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘agreement’ means 
an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran 
that includes the United States, commits the United 
States to take action, or pursuant to which the United 
States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, re-
gardless of the form it takes, whether a political com-
mitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is 
legally binding or not, including any joint com-
prehensive plan of action entered into or made be-
tween Iran and any other parties, and any addi-
tional materials related thereto, including annexes, 
appendices, codicils, side agreements, implementing 
materials, documents, and guidance, technical or 
other understandings, and any related agreements, 
whether entered into or implemented prior to the 
agreement or to be entered into or implemented in the 
future. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Serv-
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ices, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership’ means the Com-
mittee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Committee on In-
telligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate 
and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, Majority Leader, 
and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(4) IRANIAN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Iranian financial institution’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 104A(d) of the Comprehen-
sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 
‘‘(5) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘Joint 
Plan of Action’ means the Joint Plan of Action, 
signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and by 
France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the
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United States, and all implementing materials and 
agreements related to the Joint Plan of Action, in-
cluding the technical understandings reached on Jan-
uary 12, 2014, the extension thereto agreed to on July 
18, 2014, the extension agreed to on November 24, 
2014, and any materially identical extension that is 
agreed to on or after the date of the enactment of the 
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. 
‘‘(6) EU-IRAN
JOINT
STATEMENT.—The term 
‘EU-Iran Joint Statement’ means only the Joint 
Statement by EU High Representative Federica 
Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif 
made on April 2, 2015, at Lausanne, Switzerland. 
‘‘(7) MATERIAL
BREACH.—The term ‘material 
breach’ means, with respect to an agreement described 
in subsection (a), any breach of the agreement, or in 
the case of non-binding commitments, any failure to 
perform those commitments, that substantially— 
‘‘(A) benefits Iran’s nuclear program; 
‘‘(B) decreases the amount of time required 
by Iran to achieve a nuclear weapon; or 
‘‘(C) deviates from or undermines the pur-
poses of such agreement. 
‘‘(8) NONCOMPLIANCE DEFINED.—The term ‘non-
compliance’ means any departure from the terms of
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an agreement described in subsection (a) that is not 
a material breach. 
‘‘(9) P5+1 COUNTRIES.—The term ‘P5+1 coun-
tries’ means the United States, France, the Russian 
Federation, the People’s Republic of China, the 
United Kingdom, and Germany. 
‘‘(10) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanc-
tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8511).’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for 
congressional review and oversight of agreements relating 
to Iran’s nuclear program, and for other purposes.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.