Iran Policy Oversight Act of 2015

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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