IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 739 
Disapproving of the waiver of sanctions on Iran submitted to Congress on 
September 11, 2023. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. JAMES, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MORAN, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 
SELF, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. 
HUIZENGA, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, 
Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. FRY, Mr. EZELL, Mr. PALMER, 
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. KILEY, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. ROUZER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, and Ms. STEFANIK) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Disapproving of the waiver of sanctions on Iran submitted 
to Congress on September 11, 2023. 
Whereas, in 1984, the Department of State designated the 
Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism; 
Whereas, today, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of 
terrorism, using its state resources to support terrorist 
groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas and to destabilize 
or coopt countries across the Middle East, including Iraq, 
Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen; 
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Whereas, since the 1980s, Iran has sought to develop the 
necessary infrastructure and enrich uranium which would 
enable it to acquire a nuclear weapon in violation of 
United Nations Security Council resolutions and its com-
mitments under the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons; 
Whereas Iran has enriched large quantities of uranium to 60 
percent purity, a level of enrichment which is unnecessary 
for civilian use; 
Whereas President Biden entered office promising to revive 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and 
has pursued a negotiating strategy of unreasonable con-
cessions to Iran; 
Whereas it is widely reported over the summer of 2023, the 
Biden administration has been developing a framework 
with Iran for implementing a nuclear agreement includ-
ing significant sanctions relief for Iran; 
Whereas the Biden administration has relaxed sanctions im-
pacting Iranian funds being held in Iraq and South 
Korea, and facilitated their transfer to third parties for 
Iran to spend on humanitarian items; 
Whereas, due to the fungibility of money, the release of funds 
to Iranian control will allow Iran to strengthen its illicit 
nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its financing 
of terrorism; 
Whereas Bloomberg News reported on August 25, 2023, that 
‘‘U.S. officials privately acknowledge they’ve gradually re-
laxed some enforcement of sanctions on Iranian oil sales. 
Tehran has restored production to the highest level since 
the ban kicked in five years ago and is shipping its most 
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crude to China in a decade. Iranian officials are confident 
they’ll pump even more soon.’’; 
Whereas, on September 11, 2023, Secretary of State Antony 
Blinken notified Congress that the United States had 
waived sanctions ‘‘occurring on or after August 9, 2023’’ 
to allow $6,000,000,000 in Iranian assets being held in 
South Korea to be released to Iran; 
Whereas the nonenforcement of key mandatory statutory 
sanctions against Iran and the decision to make available 
to Iran billions of dollars in assets, represents significant 
concessions and a marked weakening of United States 
policy towards Iran; 
Whereas the delay in notification of the sanctions waiver 
frustrated the ability of Congress to exercise its constitu-
tional oversight function in a timely manner; and 
Whereas pursuant to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review 
Act, the President has an obligation to submit any nu-
clear agreement with Iran to Congress before engaging in 
sanctions relief and to ‘‘keep the appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership fully and currently in-
formed of any initiative or negotiations with Iran relating 
to Iran’s nuclear program’’, none of which the President 
has done: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) disapproves of the sanctions waiver issued 
on September 11, 2023; 
(2) condemns the delayed notification of sanc-
tions relief; 
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(3) disapproves of the Biden administration’s 
nonenforcement of mandatory statutory United 
States sanctions against Iran; 
(4) disapproves of the use of sanctions relief as 
a mechanism to make ransom payments; 
(5) demands that the President submit the 
agreement under which the administration is coordi-
nating actions with Iran before engaging in further 
sanction relief; 
(6) expresses its outrage that Secretary Blinken 
transmitted a notification of an agreement with the 
world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism on Sep-
tember 11, the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist 
attack in United States history; 
(7) condemns hostage-taking by Iran; and 
(8) welcomes home United States citizen pre-
viously held hostage by Iran. 
Æ 
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