IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 379 
Reaffirming the role of the House of Representatives in the review and 
approval or disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action relat-
ing to the nuclear program of Iran. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MCKINLEY, 
Mr. NUNES, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. 
OLSON, and Ms. JENKINS of Kansas) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the role of the House of Representatives in 
the review and approval or disapproval of the Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action relating to the nuclear pro-
gram of Iran. 
Whereas the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–17; 129 Stat. 201) was passed by Con-
gress and signed into law by President Obama on May 
22, 2015; 
Whereas the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 
gives Congress 60 days to review and approve or dis-
approve any nuclear deal between the United States, 
France, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of 
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China, the United Kingdom, and Germany (commonly 
known as the ‘‘P5+1 countries’’) and Iran; 
Whereas the P5+1 countries reached an agreement, the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, with Iran on July 
14, 2015; 
Whereas the Department of State sent the Joint Comprehen-
sive Plan of Action to Congress for review on July 19, 
2015; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously 
approved the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 
July 20, 2015, one day after Congress received the Plan; 
Whereas Congress should have a central role in the approval 
or disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac-
tion; 
Whereas the Obama Administration supported consideration 
of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in the United 
Nations Security Council before Congress could review it; 
and 
Whereas the vote by the United Nations Security Council vio-
lates the spirit of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review 
Act of 2015 by bypassing congressional review: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms its role in the review and approval 
or disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action; 
(2) expresses its firm disapproval of the Obama 
Administration’s taking action through the United 
Nations Security Council on the Joint Comprehen-
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sive Plan of Action before Congress has had time to 
review the agreement; 
(3) is not bound by the action of the United 
Nations Security Council to approve the Joint Com-
prehensive Plan of Action on July 20, 2015; and 
(4) will determine whether to approve or dis-
approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 
based solely on whether the agreement is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
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