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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4691 
To provide for congressional review of actions to terminate or waive sanctions 
imposed with respect to Iran. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2023 
Mr. SELF (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MORAN, 
and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight and Account-
ability, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for congressional review of actions to terminate 
or waive sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Sanctions Relief 
Review Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RE-
LATING TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RE-
SPECT TO IRAN. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED AC-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, before taking any action described 
in paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
a report that describes the proposed action and the 
reasons for that action. 
(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in 
this paragraph is— 
(i) an action to terminate the applica-
tion of any sanctions described in subpara-
graph (B); 
(ii) with respect to sanctions described 
in subparagraph (B) imposed by the Presi-
dent with respect to a person, an action to 
waive the application of those sanctions 
with respect to that person; or 
(iii) a licensing action that signifi-
cantly alters United States foreign policy 
with respect to Iran. 
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(B) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanc-
tions described in this subparagraph are sanc-
tions with respect to Iran provided for under— 
(i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note); 
(ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanc-
tions, Accountability, and Divestment Act 
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.); 
(iii) section 1245 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a); 
(iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and 
Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); 
(v) the Iran Freedom and Counter- 
Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 
et seq.); 
(vi) the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); 
or 
(vii) any other statute or Executive 
order that requires or authorizes the impo-
sition of sanctions with respect to Iran. 
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(3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each 
report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect 
to an action described in paragraph (2) shall include 
a description of whether the action— 
(A) is not intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with respect to 
Iran; or 
(B) is intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with respect to 
Iran. 
(4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted 
under paragraph (1) that relates to an action 
that is intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with respect to Iran shall 
include a description of— 
(i) the significant alteration to United 
States foreign policy with respect to Iran; 
(ii) the anticipated effect of the action 
on the national security interests of the 
United States; and 
(iii) the policy objectives for which the 
sanctions affected by the action were ini-
tially imposed. 
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(B) REQUESTS
FROM
BANKING
AND
FI-
NANCIAL
SERVICES
COMMITTEES.—The Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives may 
request the submission to the Committee of the 
matter described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to a report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) that relates to an 
action that is not intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with respect to 
Iran. 
(5) CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPRIETARY INFOR-
MATION.—Proprietary information that can be asso-
ciated with a particular person with respect to an 
action described in paragraph (2) may be included 
in a report submitted under paragraph (1) only if 
the appropriate congressional committees and lead-
ership provide assurances of confidentiality, unless 
that person otherwise consents in writing to such 
disclosure. 
(6) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph 
(2)(A)(iii) shall not be construed to require the sub-
mission of a report under paragraph (1) with respect 
to the routine issuance of a license that does not sig-
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otherwise obtain information in order to fully 
review the report. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 
review under paragraph (1) of a report required to 
be submitted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 60 cal-
endar days if the report is submitted on or after 
July 10 and on or before September 7 in any cal-
endar year. 
(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL 
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, during the period for 
congressional review provided for under paragraph 
(1) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), 
including any additional period for such review as 
applicable under the exception provided in paragraph 
(2), the President may not take that action unless 
a joint resolution of approval with respect to that ac-
tion is enacted in accordance with subsection (c). 
(4) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
PRESI-
DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
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passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), the President may not take that ac-
tion for a period of 12 calendar days after the date 
of passage of the joint resolution of disapproval. 
(5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES-
SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), and the President vetoes the joint 
resolution, the President may not take that action 
for a period of 10 calendar days after the date of 
the President’s veto. 
(6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESO-
LUTION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, if a joint resolution of dis-
approval relating to a report submitted under sub-
section (a)(1) proposing an action described in sub-
section (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with sub-
section (c), the President may not take that action. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR AP-
PROVAL.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.— 
The term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’ means 
only a joint resolution of either House of Con-
gress— 
(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A 
joint resolution approving the President’s 
proposal to take an action relating to the 
application of certain sanctions with re-
spect to Iran.’’; and 
(ii) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress 
approves of the action relating to the appli-
cation of sanctions imposed with respect to 
Iran proposed by the President in the re-
port submitted to Congress under section 
2(a)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Relief Review 
Act of 2023 on lllllll relating 
to llllllll.’’, with the first 
blank space being filled with the appro-
priate date and the second blank space 
being filled with a short description of the 
proposed action. 
(B) 
JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
DIS-
APPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint resolution of dis-
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approval’’ means only a joint resolution of ei-
ther House of Congress— 
(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A 
joint resolution disapproving the Presi-
dent’s proposal to take an action relating 
to the application of certain sanctions with 
respect to Iran.’’; and 
(ii) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress 
disapproves of the action relating to the 
application of sanctions imposed with re-
spect to Iran proposed by the President in 
the report submitted to Congress under 
section 2(a)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Relief 
Review Act of 2023 on lllllll 
relating to llllllll.’’, with the 
first blank space being filled with the ap-
propriate date and the second blank space 
being filled with a short description of the 
proposed action. 
(2) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 
calendar days provided for under subsection (b)(1), 
including any additional period as applicable under 
the exception provided in subsection (b)(2), a joint 
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resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval may be introduced— 
(A) in the House of Representatives, by 
the majority leader or the minority leader; and 
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 
(or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi-
nority leader (or the minority leader’s des-
ignee). 
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 
Representatives to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval has been re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
(4) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced in the Senate shall be— 
(i) referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs if 
the joint resolution relates to a report 
under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to signifi-
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cantly alter United States foreign policy 
with respect to Iran; and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations if the joint resolution relates 
to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that 
relates to an action that is intended to sig-
nificantly alter United States foreign policy 
with respect to Iran. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 10 calendar days after the date of refer-
ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 
after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, as the case may be, reports a joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval to the Senate or has been discharged 
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from consideration of such a joint resolution 
(even though a previous motion to the same ef-
fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution 
(and against consideration of the joint resolu-
tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 
debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-
tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to shall not be in order. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval shall be decided with-
out debate. 
(E) 
CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MES-
SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes-
sage with respect to a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval, includ-
ing all debatable motions and appeals in con-
nection with the joint resolution, shall be lim-
ited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, 
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