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114TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION S.
llTo provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran’s nuclear program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. C ARDIN (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. W YDEN, Mr.COONS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. W ARNER, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. SCHATZ) in-
troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
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A BILL
To provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran’s
nuclear program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.3
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the4
‘‘Iran Policy Oversight Act of 2015’’.5
(b) T ABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for6
this Act is as follows:7
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Statement of policy on deterrence.
Sec. 4. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian
activity and threats in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Sec. 5. Authorization of additional security assistance to Israel.
Sec. 6. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to Iranian entities and
individuals engaged in ballistic or cruise missile proliferation,
or terrorism.
Sec. 7. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses
by Iran.
Sec. 8. Reports on Iranian use of funds received as part of sanctions relief under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Sec. 9. Expedited consideration of new terrorism-related sanctions against Iran.
Sec. 10. Statements of policy.
Sec. 11. Reports on Iranian research and development and breakout times.
Sec. 12. Reporting on resolution of Iran’s past military dimensions of Iran’s
nuclear program.
Sec. 13. Statement of policy on effective re-imposition of sanctions.
Sec. 14. United States coordinator for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Sec. 15. Unified policy on arms and ballistic and cruise missile sales to Iran.
Sec. 16. International Atomic Energy Agency.
Sec. 17. Definitions.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.1
Congress makes the following findings:2
(1) On May 22, 2015, the President signed into3
law the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 20154
(Public Law 114–17), a bill that passed the United5
States Congress with broad bipartisan support, con-6
tinuing the robust role the Congress has played in7
oversight of the United States policy of preventing8
Iran from becoming a nuclear weapon state.9
(2) On July 14, 2015, the United States,10
France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the People’s11
Republic of China and the Russian Federation, with12
the High Representative of the European Union for13
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Iran an-14
nounced the completion of a Joint Comprehensive15
Plan of Action (JCPOA), specifying steps to be16
taken by Iran related to its nuclear program.17
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SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON DETERRENCE.1
It is the policy of the United States—2
(1) that Iran does not have an inherent right3
to uranium enrichment;4
(2) to deter Iran from destabilizing regional ac-5
tivity and support for and acts of terrorism; and6
(3) that all of the options available to the7
United States, including the military option, remain8
available to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear9
weapons capability.10
SEC. 4. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN-11
TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN ACTIVITY12
AND THREATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND13
NORTH AFRICA.14
Not later than January 10, 2016, and every two15
years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of16
Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director17
of National Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit18
to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassi-19
fied ten-year strategy (which may contain a classified20
annex) to counter conventional and asymmetric Iranian21
activities and threats in the Middle East, North Africa,22
and beyond. The strategy shall include at a minimum the23
following elements:24
(1) A summary of the near and long-term25
United States objectives, plans, and means for build-26
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ing a regional security architecture capable of and1
committed to countering Iran’s destabilizing activi-2
ties.3
(2) A summary of United States objectives for4
individual country capabilities and contributions to5
the regional security architecture, including an esti-6
mated timeline for achieving desired capabilities, for7
each member of the Gulf Cooperation Council,8
Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Israel.9
(3) An assessment of Iran’s grand strategy and10
objectives for the Middle East region, and an assess-11
ment of anticipated modifications to Iranian objec-12
tives, policies, and activities for achieving the grand13
strategy.14
(4) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force15
capabilities, and an assessment of Iranian plans to16
upgrade its conventional force capabilities, including17
its acquisition, development, and deployment of bal-18
listic and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial19
vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti-access/area20
denial capabilities, at 5, 8, and 10 years following21
the date of the enactment of this Act.22
(5) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio-23
logical weapons capabilities, and an assessment of24
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Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical and biological1
weapons capabilities.2
(6) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi-3
ties in the region, including—4
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of5
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, includ-6
ing the Quds Force;7
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of8
Iran’s cyber operations;9
(C) the types and amount of support, in-10
cluding funding, lethal and non-lethal contribu-11
tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah,12
Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the Bashar al-13
Assad regime in Syria, Houthi fighters in14
Yemen, and other violent groups across the15
Middle East;16
(D) the scope and objectives of Iranian in-17
formation operations and use of propaganda;18
and19
(E) an assessment of anticipated modifica-20
tions by Iran to the activities described in sub-21
paragraphs (A) through (D) over the course of22
the next 10 to 15 years.23
(7) An assessment of Iran’s strategy regarding24
other countries in the region, including Syria, Leb-25
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anon, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, and1
the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and2
an assessment of any anticipated modifications to3
objectives, policies, and activities for achieving the4
grand strategy.5
(8) A description of current and planned activi-6
ties, engagements, exercises, military sales, training,7
intelligence and surveillance support, and other8
forms of security assistance and cooperation for9
United States partners and allies in the region, in10
order to actively counter current Iranian conven-11
tional and asymmetric threats described under para-12
graphs (3) through (7), as well as to prepare for13
evolving threats from Iran over the course of the14
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including an15
assessment of the impact of activities described in16
paragraph (7) on Israel’s qualitative military edge.17
(9) An outline of United States authorities,18
planning, and actions, unilaterally and in coopera-19
tion with foreign governments, to counter threats20
from Iran’s conventional force capabilities described21
under paragraph (4).22
(10) An outline, including specific examples, of23
United States authorities, planning, and actions,24
unilaterally and in cooperation with foreign govern-25
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ments, to counter Iran’s threat network described1
under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph2
(6) and paragraph (7), including—3
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms4
bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist5
organizations by the United States under sec-6
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality7
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189);8
(B) interdiction of Iranian activities and9
prevention of Iranian harassment or inter-10
ference in international commercial shipping11
lanes;12
(C) countering Iranian attempts to under-13
mine or subvert internationally recognized gov-14
ernments in the Middle East region; and15
(D) countering Iran’s support for the re-16
gime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including—17
(i) financial assistance, military equip-18
ment and personnel, and other support19
provided to that regime; and20
(ii) support and direction to other21
armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira-22
nian and are acting on behalf of that re-23
gime.24
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(11) A review of individual country contribu-1
tions to the regional security architecture.2
(12) A review of efforts to counter Iran’s con-3
ventional and asymmetric capabilities in the Middle4
East and North Africa.5
(13) An assessment of the commitment and ca-6
pabilities of United States allies and partners to7
countering Iran’s conventional and asymmetric capa-8
bilities in the Middle East and North Africa.9
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSIST-10
ANCE TO ISRAEL.11
(a) SECURITY A SSISTANCE TO A DDRESS IRANIAN 12
NUCLEAR F ACILITIES.—13
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized14
to take all necessary and appropriate measures, in-15
cluding providing offensive security assistance and16
applicable ordnance and delivery systems, to enhance17
Israel’s qualitative military edge, effectively deter18
conventional and nuclear threats from Iran, and19
counter non-peaceful nuclear activities by Iran.20
(2) DEPLOYMENT.—Pursuant to consultations21
between the Governments of Israel and the United22
States, the President may, consistent with United23
States treaty obligations, transfer to the Government24
of Israel, as appropriate, ordnance and delivery sys-25
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tems under such terms and conditions as the Presi-1
dent determines necessary, pursuant to the authority2
of paragraph (1). The President shall, as appro-3
priate, ensure that Israeli personnel have the oppor-4
tunity and means to train with such defense sys-5
tems, including joint training exercises, consistent6
with the requirements of this paragraph.7
(b) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING.—8
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Memo-9
randum of Understanding between the United States10
and Israel setting annual foreign military financing11
levels for Israel is set to conclude at the end of fiscal12
year 2018, and the terms of its extension will be re-13
negotiated over the 2015 through 2018 time period.14
(2) A UTHORIZATION.—The President is author-15
ized to provide any additional foreign military fi-16
nancing to Israel in each fiscal year from fiscal year17
2018 through fiscal year 2028 as may be needed to18
address threats from Iran.19
(c) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A SSISTANCE.—The20
President shall provide, as appropriate, assistance and co-21
operation to Israel to ensure Israel’s qualitative military22
edge and effectively deter conventional and nuclear threats23
supported, directly or indirectly, by Iran.24
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(d) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL MILITARY AND INTEL-1
LIGENCE COOPERATION.—2
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that the United3
States and Israel have an established record of un-4
precedented military and intelligence cooperation,5
most recently furthered by the United States-Israel6
Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–7
296), which designated Israel as a major strategic8
partner of the United States.9
(2) A UTHORIZATION.—The President is author-10
ized to accelerate co-development and support Israeli11
development of missile defense systems, and to en-12
gage in discussions to bolster the effectiveness of13
Israel’s conventional deterrent and deepen intel-14
ligence cooperation.15
SEC. 6. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH RE-16
SPECT TO IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVID-17
UALS ENGAGED IN BALLISTIC OR CRUISE18
MISSILE PROLIFERATION, OR TERRORISM.19
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY .—It shall be the policy20
of the United States, in interpreting the Joint Comprehen-21
sive Plan of Action, that nothing in the JCPOA limits or22
curtails the ability of Congress to pass sanctions legisla-23
tion to address future Iranian terrorism activities and bal-24
listic and cruise missile activities.25
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1
gress that the Department of the Treasury’s Office of For-2
eign Assets Control should be fully funded to ensure strict3
enforcement of sanctions against Iranian actors in the4
areas of ballistic or cruise missile proliferation and ter-5
rorism, and to ensure effective re-imposition of sanctions6
in the event of violation or breach by Iran of the JCPOA.7
(c) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of the Iran8
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 20129
(22 U.S.C. 8721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end10
the following:11
‘‘SEC. 225. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH12
RESPECT TO IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDI-13
VIDUALS ENGAGED IN BALLISTIC, CRUISE14
MISSILE PROLIFERATION, OR TERRORISM.15
‘‘(a) S ANCTIONS RELATING TO BLOCKING OF PROP-16
ERTY .—United States sanctions applicable with respect to17
Iranian persons, unless designated by name in Attach-18
ments 3 or 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan19
of Action, under Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 170120
note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass de-21
struction proliferators and their supporters), or Executive22
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking23
property and prohibiting transactions with persons who24
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), as in25
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effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this1
section, shall remain in effect until the President makes2
public the notification described in subsection (b).3
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The notification4
described in this subsection is one that provides a jus-5
tification in writing for removing sanctions applicable to6
an Iranian person sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order7
13382 or 13224 and is submitted in a timely manner.8
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-9
tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Presi-10
dent pursuant to the International Emergency Economic11
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Comprehensive12
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of13
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), or any other provision of14
law.15
‘‘(d) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF A CTION DE-16
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Joint Comprehensive17
Plan of Action’ means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of18
Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and19
by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the People’s20
Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United21
States, and all implementing materials and agreements re-22
lated to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.’’.23
(d) CLERICAL A MENDMENT.—The table of contents24
for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights25
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Act of 2012 is amended by inserting after the item relat-1
ing to section 224 the following new item:2
‘‘Sec. 225. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to Iranian entities
and individuals engaged in ballistic or cruise missile prolifera-
tion.’’.
SEC. 7. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH RE-3
SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY IRAN.4
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY .—It shall be the policy5
of the United States, in interpreting the Joint Comprehen-6
sive Plan of Action, that nothing in the JCPOA limits or7
curtails the ability of Congress to pass sanctions legisla-8
tion to address future Iranian human rights abuses.9
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-10
gress that the Department of the Treasury’s Office of For-11
eign Assets Control should be fully funded to ensure strict12
enforcement of sanctions against Iranian actors that com-13
mit human rights abuses, and to ensure effective re-impo-14
sition of sanctions in the event of violation or breach by15
Iran of the JCPOA.16
(c) S ANCTIONS RELATING TO A BUSES OF HUMAN 17
RIGHTS.—United States sanctions applicable with respect18
to persons, unless designated by name in Attachments 319
or 4 of Annex II of the JCPOA, under Executive Order20
13553, Executive Order 13606, or sections 2 or 3 of Exec-21
utive Order 13628, as in effect on the day before the date22
of the enactment of this section, shall remain in effect23
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until the President makes public the notification described1
in subsection (d).2
(d) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The notification de-3
scribed in this subsection is one that provides a justifica-4
tion in writing for removing sanctions applicable to an Ira-5
nian person sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order6
13553, Executive Order 13606, or sections 2 or 3 of Exec-7
utive Order 13628, and is submitted in a timely manner.8
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-9
tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Presi-10
dent pursuant to the International Emergency Economic11
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Comprehensive12
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of13
2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), or any other provision of14
law.15
SEC. 8. REPORTS ON IRANIAN USE OF FUNDS RECEIVED AS16
PART OF SANCTIONS RELIEF UNDER THE17
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.18
Not later than January 10, 2016, and every 180 days19
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate20
congressional committees—21
(1) a description of—22
(A) the monetary value of direct and indi-23
rect sanctions relief received by Iran;24
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(B) increases in funding for the IRGC and1
its Quds Force; and2
(C) changes in funding for regional activi-3
ties and support for terrorist organizations, in-4
cluding Hezbollah, Hamas, and the regime of5
Bashar al-Assad; and6
(2) a determination on whether persons, includ-7
ing foreign financial institutions, providing financial8
support or assistance to any entity described in sub-9
paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) are subject10
to United States economic sanctions.11
SEC. 9. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF NEW TERRORISM-12
RELATED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN.13
(a) DETERMINATION.—If the President determines14
that the Government of Iran has directed or conducted15
an act of international terrorism against the United States16
or that the Government of Iran has substantially increased17
its operational or financial support for a terrorist organi-18
zation that threatens the interests or allies of the United19
States, the President shall immediately notify Congress.20
(b) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—For pur-21
poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’22
means only a bill of either House of Congress that author-23
izes or requires the President to impose sanctions on per-24
sons the President determines—25
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(1) commit acts of international terrorism, at1
the direction of an official of the Government of2
Iran, that threaten the security of nationals of the3
United States or the national security, foreign pol-4
icy, or economy of the United States; or5
(2) knowingly assist in, sponsor, or provide fi-6
nancial, material, or technological support for, or fi-7
nancial or other services to or in support of—8
(A) acts described in paragraph (1); or9
(B) foreign terrorist organizations that re-10
ceive financial or other material support from11
the Government of Iran.12
(c) INTRODUCTION.—During the 60-calendar day pe-13
riod after the President notifies Congress of a determina-14
tion under subsection (a), qualifying legislation may be in-15
troduced—16
(1) in the House of Representatives, by the Ma-17
jority Leader or the Minority Leader; and18
(2) in the Senate, by the Majority Leader (or19
the Majority leader’s designee) or the Minority20
Leader (or the Minority Leader’s designee).21
(d) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-22
RESENTATIVES.—23
(1) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com-24
mittee of the House to which qualifying legislation25
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has been referred has not reported such qualifying1
legislation within 10 legislative days after the date2
of referral, that committee shall be discharged from3
further consideration thereof.4
(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Begin-5
ning on the third legislative day after each com-6
mittee to which qualifying legislation has been re-7
ferred reports it to the House or has been dis-8
charged from further consideration thereof, it shall9
be in order to move to proceed to consider the quali-10
fying legislation in the House. All points of order11
against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall12
not be in order after the House has disposed of a13
motion to proceed on the qualifying legislation with14
regard to the same agreement. The previous ques-15
tion shall be considered as ordered on the motion to16
its adoption without intervening motion. The motion17
shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the18
vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be19
in order.20
(3) CONSIDERATION.—The qualifying legisla-21
tion shall be considered as read. All points of order22
against the qualifying legislation and against its con-23
sideration are waived. The previous question shall be24
considered as ordered on the qualifying legislation to25
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final passage without intervening motion except two1
hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the2
sponsor of the qualifying legislation (or a designee)3
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on4
passage of the qualifying legislation shall not be in5
order.6
(e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—7
(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legisla-8
tion introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the9
Committee on Foreign Relations.10
(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com-11
mittee on Foreign Relations has not reported such12
qualifying legislation within 10 session days after13
the date of referral of such legislation, that com-14
mittee shall be discharged from further consider-15
ation of such legislation and the qualifying legisla-16
tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.17
(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not-18
withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of19
the Senate, it is in order at any time after the com-20
mittee authorized to consider qualifying legislation21
reports it to the Senate or has been discharged from22
its consideration (even though a previous motion to23
the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to24
proceed to the consideration of qualifying legislation,25
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and all points of order against qualifying legislation1
(and against consideration of the qualifying legisla-2
tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not de-3
batable and shall be subject to a 60-vote affirmative4
threshold for adoption. The motion is not subject to5
a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the6
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed7
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to8
the consideration of the qualifying legislation is9
agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall remain the10
unfinished business until disposed of.11
(4) DEBATE.—Debate on qualifying legislation,12
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connec-13
tion therewith, shall be limited to not more than 1014
hours, which shall be divided equally between the15
Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. A16
motion to further limit debate is in order and not17
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to post-18
pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of19
other business, or a motion to recommit the quali-20
fying legislation is not in order.21
(5) V OTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage22
shall occur immediately following the conclusion of23
the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single24
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quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re-1
quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate.2
(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.—3
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to4
the application of the rules of the Senate, as the5
case may be, to the procedure relating to qualifying6
legislation shall be decided without debate.7
(7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—De-8
bate in the Senate of any veto message with respect9
to qualifying legislation, including all debatable mo-10
tions and appeals in connection with such qualifying11
legislation, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally12
divided between, and controlled by, the majority13
leader and the Minority Leader or their designees.14
(f) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF 15
REPRESENTATIVES.—16
(1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 17
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of18
qualifying legislation of that House, that House re-19
ceives qualifying legislation from the other House,20
then the following procedures shall apply:21
(A) The qualifying legislation of the other22
House shall not be referred to a committee.23
(B) With respect to qualifying legislation24
of the House receiving the legislation—25
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(i) the procedure in that House shall1
be the same as if no qualifying legislation2
had been received from the other House;3
but4
(ii) the vote on passage shall be on5
the qualifying legislation of the other6
House.7
(2) TREATMENT OF A BILL OF OTHER 8
HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce qualifying9
legislation under this section, the qualifying legisla-10
tion of the other House shall be entitled to expedited11
floor procedures under this section.12
(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.—13
If, following passage of the qualifying legislation in14
the Senate, the Senate then receives a companion15
measure from the House of Representatives, the16
companion measure shall not be debatable.17
(4) A PPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—18
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in19
the House of Representatives to qualifying legisla-20
tion which is a revenue measure.21
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:22
(1) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The23
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-24
ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organiza-25
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tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-1
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).2
(2) K NOWINGLY .—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has3
the meaning given that term in section 14 of the4
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172;5
50 U.S.C. 1701 note).6
SEC. 10. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.7
It shall be the policy of the United States, in inter-8
preting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),9
and any other related agreement, that—10
(1) no sanctions relief for Iran is to be provided11
pursuant to the JCPOA until Iran completes all ac-12
tivities as set forth in paragraphs 2, 4, 5, and 6 of13
the Roadmap for Clarification of Past and Present14
Outstanding Issues regarding Iran’s Nuclear Pro-15
gram, signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, between the16
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and17
Iran, and the completion of such activities is verified18
by the IAEA in a regular update by the Director19
General of the IAEA;20
(2) any action by the Government of Iran to21
treat the legitimate imposition of sanctions by the22
United States or its international partners based on23
support for terrorism, abuses of human rights, or24
Iran’s ballistic or cruise missile activities as grounds25
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to cease performing on its commitments under the1
JCPOA in whole or in part would not be valid and2
would be inconsistent with the terms of the JCPOA;3
and4
(3) in the event that sanctions on Iran are re-5
imposed consistent with the JCPOA, such sanctions6
would not retroactively apply to activities, including7
activities under contractual arrangements, legiti-8
mately entered into prior to the re-imposition of9
sanctions, but sanctions may apply to activities, in-10
cluding activities under contractual arrangements11
entered into prior to the re-imposition of sanctions,12
to the extent such activities continue beyond the13
date of the re-imposition of sanctions.14
SEC. 11. REPORTS ON IRANIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-15
MENT AND BREAKOUT TIMES.16
Section 135(d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is17
amended by adding at the end the following new para-18
graph:19
‘‘(8) REPORT ON IRANIAN RESEARCH AND DE-20
VELOPMENT AND BREAKOUT TIMES.—Not later than21
January 10, 2016, and every 180 days thereafter,22
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-23
gressional committees and leadership a report detail-24
ing—25
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‘‘(A) any research and development con-1
ducted by Iran that is not in compliance with2
the JCPOA or that may substantially reduce3
the time for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon;4
‘‘(B) an assessment of the period of time5
it would take Iran to acquire the nuclear mate-6
rial to produce one nuclear weapon; and7
‘‘(C) an assessment of the capacity and ca-8
pability of the IAEA to effectively implement9
the verification regime required by the JCPOA,10
including whether the IAEA is receiving suffi-11
cient access to investigate suspicious sites or al-12
legations of covert nuclear-related activities and13
whether it has the required funding, manpower,14
and authorities to undertake the verification re-15
gime required by the JCPOA.’’.16
SEC. 12. REPORTING ON RESOLUTION OF IRAN’S PAST17
MILITARY DIMENSIONS OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR18
PROGRAM.19
Not later than 30 calendar days after the IAEA sub-20
mits its final assessment on the resolution on all past and21
present outstanding issues related to Iran’s nuclear pro-22
gram to the Board of Governors, the President shall sub-23
mit to the appropriate congressional committees and lead-24
ership a detailed report on the IAEA’s report to the Board25
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of Governors, and shall provide to the appropriate congres-1
sional committees and leadership a briefing, in a classified2
setting as necessary, on how outstanding issues were re-3
solved by the IAEA.4
SEC. 13. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON EFFECTIVE RE-IMPOSI-5
TION OF SANCTIONS.6
(a) FINDING.—There is a wide range of national and7
multilateral tools, including the re-imposition of sanctions,8
available to the United States and United States partners,9
including European allies, should Iran fail to meet its10
JCPOA commitments.11
(b) STATEMENTS OF POLICY .—12
(1) The United States is prepared to enforce13
any violation of the JCPOA.14
(2) The United States should continue to en-15
sure that a range of national and multilateral tools16
remain available to respond to non-performance by17
Iran of its JCPOA commitments.18
(3) The United States will continue to leverage19
the commitments of its European allies to join in re-20
imposing sanctions in a calibrated manner as appro-21
priate in the event Iran violates the JCPOA incre-22
mentally.23
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SEC. 14. UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR THE JOINT1
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.2
(a) DESIGNATION.—The President shall designate3
within the Department of State a special coordinator for4
implementation of and compliance with the Joint Com-5
prehensive Plan of Action regarding the Iran’s nuclear6
program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’).7
(b) STATUS.—The role of the Coordinator should be8
filled by an official of the Department of State appointed9
by and serving at the pleasure of the President.10
(c) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall carry out the fol-11
lowing duties:12
(1) Coordinate all activities related to imple-13
mentation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac-14
tion, including—15
(A) activities of the United States Govern-16
ment necessary for implementation of the Joint17
Comprehensive Plan of Action;18
(B) activities of the United States Govern-19
ment to monitor all elements of the implemen-20
tation of the JCPOA by Iran and track all21
incidences of noncompliance with the JCPOA;22
and23
(C) with the Secretary of Energy, activities24
of the United States Government with respect25
to the JCPOA that involve the International26
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Atomic Energy Agency and other nongovern-1
mental or multilateral organizations, as appro-2
priate.3
(2) Coordinate with the Department of the4
Treasury and other agencies as appropriate—5
(A) to ensure the continued comprehensive6
investigation and designation of persons pro-7
viding support for, or otherwise facilitating, the8
ability of the Government of Iran—9
(i) to acquire, develop, or engage in10
the proliferation of ballistic missiles or11
cruise missiles;12
(ii) to support, directly or indirectly,13
acts of international terrorism; or14
(iii) to commit human rights abuses;15
and16
(B) to assess and report on the use by the17
Government of Iran of funds made available18
through sanctions relief.19
(d) CONSULTATIONS.—The Coordinator shall consult20
with Congress, domestic and international nongovern-21
mental organizations, and multilateral organizations and22
institutions as the Coordinator considers appropriate to23
fulfill the purposes of this section.24
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SEC. 15. UNIFIED POLICY ON ARMS AND BALLISTIC AND1
CRUISE MISSILE SALES TO IRAN.2
It is the sense of Congress that Iran should continue3
to be prohibited from undertaking any activity related to4
ballistic or cruise missiles capable of delivering nuclear5
weapons, including launches using ballistic or cruise mis-6
sile technology, and United Nations member states should7
take all necessary measures to prevent the transfer of8
technology or technical assistance to Iran related to such9
activities.10
SEC. 16. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.11
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-12
gress that the International Atomic Energy Agency13
(IAEA) must have sufficient funding, manpower, and au-14
thority to undertake its verification responsibilities related15
to the JCPOA or any other related agreement, and the16
President should engage with international partners to en-17
sure that the IAEA receives the full additional18
$10,600,000 per year necessary to fulfill its verification19
responsibilities under the JCPOA or any other related20
agreement.21
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 10, 2016, and22
every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to23
the appropriate congressional committees a report out-24
lining efforts with international partners to achieve the25
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goal in subsection (a) and identifying impediments to1
achieving the goal.2
(c) A UTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-3
propriated for fiscal years 2016 through 2026 such sums4
as may be necessary to meet the United States’ annual5
funding commitments to the IAEA as well as the United6
States’ portion of additional funds needed for the IAEA7
to fulfill its verification responsibilities under the JCPOA8
or any other related agreement.9
SEC. 17. DEFINITIONS.10
In this Act:11
(1) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-12
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-13
mittees’’ means—14
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations,15
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and16
Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on In-17
telligence of the Senate; and18
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the19
Committee on Financial Services, and the Per-20
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the21
House of Representatives.22
(2) A PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-23
TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate24
congressional committees and leadership’’ means the25
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appropriate congressional committees, the Majority1
and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the Speak-2
er, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the3
House of Representatives.4
(3) JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.—5
The term ‘‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’’6
means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action7
signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by8
France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the Peo-9
ple’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and10
the United States, and all implementing materials11
and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive12
Plan of Action.13
(4) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term14
‘‘intelligence community’’ means the intelligence15
community specified in or designated under section16
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (5017
U.S.C. 3003(4)).18