A bill to terminate certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2874
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-11-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation

Energy research

International law and treaties

Iran

Middle East

Nuclear power

Nuclear weapons

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Sanctions

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill revokes certain waivers of sanctions for nuclear activity in or with Iran, including for (1) the Arak reactor redesign, (2) the transfer into Iran of enriched uranium for the Tehran Research Reactor, and (3) the modification of centrifuge cascades at the Fordow facility.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2874 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 14, 2019 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Graham , Mr. Cotton , and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To terminate certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.

1. Termination of certain waivers of sanctions with respect to nuclear activities in or with Iran (a) In general Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, any waiver of the application of sanctions provided for under sections 1244, 1245, 1246, and 1247 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8803 , 8804, 8805, and 8806) for or to enable an activity described in subsection (b) is terminated, and the President may not issue a new such waiver for such an activity on or after such date of enactment. (b) Activities described An activity described in this subsection is a nuclear activity in or with Iran with respect to which a waiver described in subsection (a) was issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including the following: (1) The Arak reactor redesign. (2) The transfer into Iran of enriched uranium for the Tehran Research Reactor. (3) The modification of 2 centrifuge cascades at the Fordow facility for nonsensitive purposes. (c) Joint comprehensive plan of action defined In this section, the term Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.