IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 553 
Urging the President and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into 
between the IAEA and Iran with respect to the Joint Comprehensive 
Plan of Action. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Mr. ZINKE (for himself, Mr. COFFMAN, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 
Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. MESSER, Mr. YODER, Mr. ROYCE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LAMBORN, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 
Mr. SALMON, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. DESANTIS, 
and Mrs. BLACK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the President and the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) to submit to Congress the text of all 
side agreements entered into between the IAEA and Iran 
with respect to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 
Whereas Iran has a reputation and history of deception with-
in the international community regarding its nuclear am-
bitions; 
Whereas in 2005, then International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) Deputy Director General Pierre Goldschmidt 
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compiled a briefing for the IAEA Board of Governors 
which laid out a long list of attempts by Iran to hide, 
mislead, and delay the work of IAEA inspectors with re-
spect to Iran’s nuclear program; 
Whereas the IAEA has entered into numerous side agree-
ments with Iran on inspection protocols and the possible 
military dimensions of Iran’s current and past nuclear 
program; 
Whereas under section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e), as added by section 2 of the 
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 
114–17; 129 Stat. 201), Congress should be provided 
with all documents associated with the Joint Comprehen-
sive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed to on July 14, 
2015, including all ‘‘annexes, appendices, codicils, side 
agreements, implementing materials, documents, and 
guidance, technical or other understandings, and any re-
lated agreements, whether entered into or implemented 
prior to the agreement or to be entered into or imple-
mented in the future’’; 
Whereas the Administration acknowledges that it knows the 
contents of such side agreements between the IAEA and 
Iran; 
Whereas the IAEA expects inspections of Iran’s nuclear pro-
gram under the JCPOA to require an additional 
$10,600,000 in funding annually to be effective; 
Whereas 25 percent of the IAEA base budget and 42 percent 
of the total IAEA budget is provided by the United 
States; and 
Whereas the additional funding required with respect to 
Iran’s nuclear program under the JCPOA will predictably 
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be largely provided by the United States and contingent 
on approval of Congress: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges, 
as a condition for Congress approving additional United 
States funding to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA), the President and the IAEA submit to Congress 
the text of all side agreements entered into between the 
IAEA and Iran with respect to the Joint Comprehensive 
Plan of Action. 
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