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in connection with such qualifying legislation, shall be lim-
ited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 
or their designees. 
‘‘(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 
If, before the passage by one House of qualifying legislation 
of that House, that House receives qualifying legislation 
from the other House, then the following procedures shall 
apply: 
‘‘(i) The qualifying legislation of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to qualifying legislation of the 
House receiving the legislation— 
‘‘(I) the procedure in that House shall be the 
same as if no qualifying legislation had been 
received from the other House; but 
‘‘(II) the vote on passage shall be on the quali-
fying legislation of the other House. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF A BILL OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one 
House fails to introduce qualifying legislation under this 
section, the qualifying legislation of the other House shall 
be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section. 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
COMPANION
MEASURES.—If, fol-
lowing passage of the qualifying legislation in the Senate, 
the Senate then receives a companion measure from the 
House of Representatives, the companion measure shall 
not be debatable. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—The provi-
sions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
Representatives to qualifying legislation which is a revenue 
measure. 
‘‘(f) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.—Sub-
section (e) is enacted by Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed 
in that House in the case of legislation described in those 
sections, and supersede other rules only to the extent that 
they are inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure 
of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the 
same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. 
‘‘(g) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the section shall 
be construed as— 
‘‘(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, the Presi-
dent’s authority to negotiate, enter into, or implement appro-
priate executive agreements, other than the restrictions on 
implementation of the agreements specifically covered by this 
section; 
‘‘(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, reduction, or 
other relief from statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under 
any provision of law, or allowing the President to refrain from 
applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement
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described in subsection (a) during the period for review provided 
in subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) revoking or terminating any statutory sanctions 
imposed on Iran; or 
‘‘(4) authorizing the use of military force against Iran. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘agreement’ means an agree-
ment related to the nuclear program of Iran that includes 
the United States, commits the United States to take action, 
or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise 
agrees to take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether 
a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether 
it is legally binding or not, including any joint comprehensive 
plan of action entered into or made between Iran and any 
other parties, and any additional materials related thereto, 
including annexes, appendices, codicils, side agreements, imple-
menting materials, documents, and guidance, technical or other 
understandings, and any related agreements, whether entered 
into or implemented prior to the agreement or to be entered 
into or implemented in the future. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee 
on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES
AND 
LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership’ means the Committee on Finance, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate 
and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, 
Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(4) IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Iranian 
financial institution’ has the meaning given the term in section 
104A(d) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 
and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)). 
‘‘(5) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘Joint Plan of Action’ 
means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at Geneva November 
24, 2013, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federa-
tion, the People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and 
the United States, and all implementing materials and agree-
ments related to the Joint Plan of Action, including the tech-
nical understandings reached on January 12, 2014, the exten-
sion thereto agreed to on July 18, 2014, the extension agreed 
to on November 24, 2014, and any materially identical extension 
that is agreed to on or after the date of the enactment of 
the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015.
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‘‘(6) EU-IRAN JOINT STATEMENT.—The term ‘EU-Iran Joint 
Statement’ means only the Joint Statement by EU High Rep-
resentative Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister 
Javad Zarif made on April 2, 2015, at Lausanne, Switzerland. 
‘‘(7) MATERIAL BREACH.—The term ‘material breach’ means, 
with respect to an agreement described in subsection (a), any 
breach of the agreement, or in the case of non-binding commit-
ments, any failure to perform those commitments, that substan-
tially— 
‘‘(A) benefits Iran’s nuclear program; 
‘‘(B) decreases the amount of time required by Iran 
to achieve a nuclear weapon; or 
‘‘(C) deviates from or undermines the purposes of such 
agreement. 
‘‘(8) NONCOMPLIANCE DEFINED.—The term ‘noncompliance’ 
means any departure from the terms of an agreement described 
in subsection (a) that is not a material breach. 
‘‘(9) P5+1 COUNTRIES.—The term ‘P5+1 countries’ means 
the United States, France, the Russian Federation, the People’s 
Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany. 
‘‘(10) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term ‘United States 
person’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divest-
ment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.