IA 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 66 
To authorize the use of the Armed Forces of the United States against 
Iran if the President determines and certifies to Congress that Iran 
is not able to demonstrate that it has not sought, developed, or acquired 
nuclear weapons in violation of its commitments or obligations under 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. WITT-
MAN, and Mr. COOK) introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the use of the Armed Forces of the United 
States against Iran if the President determines and cer-
tifies to Congress that Iran is not able to demonstrate 
that it has not sought, developed, or acquired nuclear 
weapons in violation of its commitments or obligations 
under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for 
other purposes. 
Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) 
was agreed to on July 14, 2015, and states that ‘‘The 
full implementation of this JCPOA will ensure the exclu-
sively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme.’’ and 
that ‘‘Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will 
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Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons.’’: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Ac-
countability and Enforcement Resolution’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
use the Armed Forces of the United States against Iran 
if the President determines and certifies to Congress that 
Iran is not able to demonstrate that it has not sought, 
developed, or acquired nuclear weapons in violation of its 
commitments or obligations under the Joint Comprehen-
sive Plan of Action. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States that Iran must comply with its reaffirma-
tion in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that Iran 
will never seek, develop, or acquire a nuclear weapon. 
(c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
STATUTORY
AUTHORIZATION.— 
Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is 
intended to constitute specific statutory authoriza-
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tion within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War 
Powers Resolution. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this joint resolution supersedes 
any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. 
SEC. 3. JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION DEFINED. 
In this joint resolution, the term ‘‘Joint Comprehen-
sive Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action, signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and 
by the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, the 
Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United 
States, with the High Representative of the European 
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all im-
plementing materials and agreements related to the Joint 
Comprehensive Plan of Action. 
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