propriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate. 
SEC. 603. RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH 
COUNTRIES ASSISTING THE NUCLEAR PRO-
GRAM OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or any international agreement, no agreement 
for cooperation between the United States and the govern-
ment of any country that is assisting the nuclear program 
of Iran or transferring advanced conventional weapons or 
missiles to Iran may be submitted to the President or to 
Congress pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), no such agreement may 
enter into force with such country, no license may be 
issued for export directly or indirectly to such country of 
any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other 
goods, services, or technology that would be subject to 
such agreement, and no approval may be given for the 
transfer or retransfer directly or indirectly to such country 
of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other 
goods, services, or technology that would be subject to 
such agreement, until the President determines and re-
ports to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
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of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate— 
(1) Iran has ceased its efforts to design, de-
velop, or acquire a nuclear explosive device or related 
materials or technology; or 
(2) the government of the country that is as-
sisting the nuclear program of Iran or transferring 
advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Iran— 
(A) has suspended all nuclear assistance to 
Iran and all transfers of advanced conventional 
weapons and missiles to Iran; and 
(B) is committed to maintaining that sus-
pension until Iran has implemented measures 
that would permit the President to make the 
determination described in paragraph (1). 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—The restrictions described in 
subsection (a)— 
(1) shall apply in addition to all other applica-
ble procedures, requirements, and restrictions con-
tained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and other 
laws; and 
(2) shall not be construed as affecting the valid-
ity of agreements for cooperation that are in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION.—The term 
‘‘agreement for cooperation’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 11 b. of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014 b.). 
(2) ASSISTING
THE
NUCLEAR
PROGRAM
OF 
IRAN.—The term ‘‘assisting the nuclear program of 
Iran’’ means the intentional transfer to Iran by a 
government, or by a person subject to the jurisdic-
tion of a government with the knowledge and acqui-
escence of such government, of goods, services, or 
technology listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group 
Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, 
Equipment and Technology (published by the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency as Information Cir-
cular INFCIRC/254/Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent 
revisions), or the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guide-
lines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use 
Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (pub-
lished by the International Atomic Energy Agency as 
Information Circular INFCIR/254/Rev. 3/Part 2, 
and subsequent revisions). 
(3) COUNTRY
THAT
IS
ASSISTING
THE
NU-
CLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN OR TRANSFERRING AD-
VANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS OR MISSILES TO 
IRAN.—The term ‘‘country that is assisting the nu-
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clear program of Iran or transferring advanced con-
ventional weapons or missiles to Iran’’ means— 
(A) the Russia Federation; and 
(B) any other country determined by the 
President to be assisting the nuclear program 
of Iran or transferring advanced conventional 
weapons or missiles to Iran. 
(4) TRANSFERRING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL 
WEAPONS OR MISSILES TO IRAN.—The term ‘‘trans-
ferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to 
Iran’’ means the intentional transfer to Iran by a 
government, or by a person subject to the jurisdic-
tion of a government with the knowledge and acqui-
escence of such government, of goods, services, or 
technology listed on— 
(A) the Wassenaar Arrangement list of 
Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Muni-
tions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent revi-
sions; or 
(B) the Missile Technology Control Regime 
Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 
1996, and subsequent revisions. 
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