Constraining Human Rights Offenders in the Middle East Act

Bill: 117-hr-1231
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2021-02-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation

Asia

China

Congressional oversight

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Europe

France

Germany

Human rights

International law and treaties

International organizations and cooperation

Iran

Middle East

Nuclear power

Nuclear weapons

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Protest and dissent

Russia

Sanctions

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Terrorism

Trade restrictions

United Kingdom

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constraining Human Rights Offenders in the Middle East Act or the CHROME Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the President from taking any action relating to the reentry of the United States into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) unless the President makes specified certifications.</p> <p>The JCPOA is an agreement, signed by Iran and several other world powers (including the United States), that places restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for certain sanctions relief. The United States withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018.</p> <p>The bill prohibits the President from taking action to rejoin the JCPOA unless the President certifies to Congress that no sanctions waived or suspended pursuant to that reentry will operate to the benefit of (1) a designated foreign terrorist organization or its members, or (2) any individual or entity of the Iranian government that has engaged in gross violations of human rights.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1231 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 23, 2021 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the reentry of the United States into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action unless the President makes certain certifications relating to Iran, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Constraining Human Rights Offenders in the Middle East Act or the CHROME Act . 2. Prohibition on reentry into the JCPOA The President may not take any action relating to the re-entry of the United States into 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 (including all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), unless the President certifies to Congress each of the following: (1) No waiver or suspension of a sanction waived or suspended pursuant to such re-entry will operate to the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any organization or any member of an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (2) No waiver or suspension of a sanction waived or suspended pursuant to such re-entry will operate to the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any individual or entity of the Government of Iran that has engaged in the gross violation of human rights, such as the commission of torture, the killing of peaceful protestors, or the persecution of homosexual persons.