Title: Opposing engaging Russia for reviving any form of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, opposing removing terrorism sanctions on Iran while Iran's support of terrorist activities remains unchanged, opposing restoring any form of the JCPOA while the issue of Iran's undeclared nuclear activities remains unresolved.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution rejects and opposes engaging Russia as a main intermediary for reviving any nuclear agreement with Iran.
The resolution rejects and opposes giving Russia any sanctions exemption or waiver as a condition to any nuclear agreement with Iran.
The resolution rejects and opposes any agreement that lifts sanctions on Iran and legitimizes the regime's illicit nuclear program amidst an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into undeclared sites, facilities, and material in Iran.
The resolution also reaffirms

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 990 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 990

      Opposing engaging Russia for reviving any form of the Joint 
   Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, opposing removing 
     terrorism sanctions on Iran while Iran's support of terrorist 
activities remains unchanged, opposing restoring any form of the JCPOA 
    while the issue of Iran's undeclared nuclear activities remains 
                              unresolved.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Carl, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. 
  Garcia of California, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. 
 Reschenthaler, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Wittman, 
   Mr. Dunn, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Steube, Mr. Fallon, Mr. 
Norman, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
 Steil, Mr. Bacon, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mrs. 
 Lesko, Mr. Gimenez, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Rose, Mrs. McClain, 
   Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. 
   Lamborn, Mr. Babin, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
 Bergman, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Barr, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
 Hudson, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. McKinley, 
   Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
  Duncan, Mr. Cawthorn, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Bost, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
Cline, and Mr. Arrington) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Opposing engaging Russia for reviving any form of the Joint 
   Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, opposing removing 
     terrorism sanctions on Iran while Iran's support of terrorist 
activities remains unchanged, opposing restoring any form of the JCPOA 
    while the issue of Iran's undeclared nuclear activities remains 
                              unresolved.

Whereas Russian President Putin bombards Ukrainian cities, intentionally 
        targeting civilians, and the Biden administration continues to partner 
        with Russian diplomats to negotiate a return to a lesser and worse form 
        of the failed JCPOA, giving billions of dollars in sanctions relief to 
        the world's worst state sponsor of terrorism;
Whereas guidance sent out by the Department of State calling for isolating 
        Russia makes an explicit exception for talks to revive the failed Iran 
        nuclear deal;
Whereas involving Russia in negotiating a new Iran deal only helps and 
        strengthens Russia;
Whereas Russia demands for a guarantee from the United States that sanctions 
        imposed over the Ukraine crisis would not affect Russia's trade with 
        Iran;
Whereas, under a Russia-facilitated new deal--

    (1) Russia may be in a position to strengthen its power base in the 
Middle East;

    (2) assist Iran in threatening the United States and our allies through 
nuclear extortion;

    (3) the financial gain funneled through Russia's arms sales to Iran can 
be used to fund Russia's ongoing and future aggression; and

    (4) Russia is seeking to use Iran as a sanctions-busting loophole to 
offset the costs of sanctions due to its invasion of Ukraine;

Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran has been designated a ``State Sponsor of 
        Terrorism'' since 1984 by the Department of State, and remains the 
        world's leading state sponsor of terrorism to this day;
Whereas there have been extremely concerning recent reports indicating that the 
        Biden administration seeks to lift nonnuclear sanctions on Iran's 
        Supreme Leader's Office, the Leader's network of appointees, as well as 
        on some of Iran's worst human rights abusers, torturers, and terrorists;
Whereas among the most notorious whose sanctions would be removed are--

    (1) former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General, Hossein Dehghan, 
who was involved in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing that killed 241 United 
States Marines;

    (2) Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi, who is responsible for enforced 
disappearance and torture of thousands of Iranians; and

    (3) Iran's Vice President, Mohsen Rezaei, who is on INTERPOL Red Notice 
for his role in the AMIA bombing in Argentina in 1994 that killed 85 
people;

Whereas lifting, waiving, or otherwise weakening sanctions on Iran related to 
        terrorism while Iran continues to sponsor terrorism will only provide 
        the Iranian regime and terrorists supported by it access to the United 
        States financial system and endanger United States national security;
Whereas the Biden administration claims that restoring the nuclear deal with 
        Iran would prevent Iran from developing a nuclear-weapons capability;
Whereas any nuclear agreement with Iran that is not premised on a complete and 
        fully verified declaration of Iran's past and present nuclear activities 
        could never achieve that goal;
Whereas such a deal would significantly weaken the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
        Treaty; and
Whereas the Biden administration concludes a new nuclear agreement with Iran, it 
        has shown a distaste for both diplomatic and economic pressure against 
        the Iranian regime, allowing Tehran to accrue more revenue through 
        illicit oil sales and have a freer hand with added resources to 
        destabilize the region: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) rejects and opposes engaging Russia as a main 
        intermediary for reviving any nuclear agreement with Iran as 
        defined by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA);
            (2) rejects and opposes giving Russia any sanctions 
        exemption or waiver as a condition to any nuclear agreement 
        with Iran as defined by INARA;
            (3) rejects and opposes any agreement that lifts sanctions 
        on Iran and legitimizes the regime's illicit nuclear program 
        amidst an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into 
        undeclared sites, facilities, and material in Iran;
            (4) reaffirms that any nuclear deal with Iran reached by 
        the Biden administration without congressional approval or 
        Senate ratification as a treaty is illegitimate;
            (5) reaffirms to take every legislative opportunity to 
        overturn such an agreement;
            (6) reaffirms to restore every single sanction, restrictive 
        measure, designation, waiver, or general license the Biden 
        administration removes;
            (7) reaffirms to limit the Biden administration's or any 
        future administration's ability to issue waivers and licenses 
        for Iran sanctions, designations, or restrictive measures; and
            (8) reaffirms that any nuclear agreement with Iran will not 
        prevent the Congress from standing with the Iranian people as 
        well as countering Iran's nonnuclear threats, which include 
        terrorism, weapons proliferation, missile (ballistic and 
        cruise), rocket, and drone attacks.
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