Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountability Act - Directs the President, within three days of the conclusion of any agreement between the United States, any other party, and the Islamic Republic of Iran related to Iran's nuclear program, to submit such agreement to Congress.
Sets forth expedited procedures for a joint congressional resolution of approval or disapproval of any such agreement.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as approval of sanctions relief in connection with any agreement regarding Iran's nuclear program.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4967 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4967
To provide congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 25, 2014
Mr. Franks of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Yoho, Mr.
DeSantis, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Posey, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr.
Perry, and Mr. Chabot) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the
Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN.
(a) Congressional Review of Nuclear Agreements With Respect to
Iran.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President, within three days of the conclusion of
any agreement between the United States, any other party, and
the Islamic Republic of Iran related to Iran's nuclear program,
shall submit such agreement to Congress.
(2) Procedures for review.--
(A) In general.--During the 15-day period beginning
on the date on which the President submits an agreement
under paragraph (1), the Committees on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives shall review
any such agreement and may hold hearings or briefings,
as appropriate.
(B) Expedited procedures for a joint resolution of
approval or disapproval.--
(i) In general.--During the 15-day period
beginning on the day after the period for
review provided for in subparagraph (A), a
joint resolution of approval or a joint
resolution of disapproval may be introduced in
the House of Representatives by the Speaker,
the minority leader, or their respective
designee, or in the Senate by the majority
leader, the minority leader, or their
respective designee, and may not be amended.
(ii) Referral.--A joint resolution of
approval or a joint resolution of disapproval
introduced under clause (i) in the Senate shall
be referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations and a joint resolution of approval or
a joint resolution of disapproval introduced
under clause (i) in the House of
Representatives shall be referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
(iii) Committee discharge and floor
consideration.--The provisions of subsections
(c) through (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating to committee
discharge and floor consideration of certain
resolutions in the House of Representatives and
the Senate) apply to a joint resolution of
approval or a joint resolution of disapproval
under this subsection to the same extent that
such subsections apply to joint resolutions
under such section 152, except that--
(I) subsection (c)(1) shall be
applied and administered by
substituting ``10 days'' for ``30
days''; and
(II) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall
be applied and administered by
substituting ``Committee on Foreign
Relations'' for ``Committee on
Finance''.
(iv) Rules of the house of representatives
and the senate.--This subsection is enacted by
Congress--
(I) as an exercise of the
rulemaking power of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such is deemed a part of the
rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the
procedure to be followed in that House
in the case of a joint resolution, and
it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with
such rules; and
(II) with full recognition of the
constitutional right of either House to
change the rules (so far as relating to
the procedure of that House) at any
time, in the same manner and to the
same extent as in the case of any other
rule of that House.
(v) Definitions.--In this subsection--
(I) the term ``joint resolution of
approval'' means only a joint
resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress,
the sole matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: ``That
Congress approves of the agreement
between the United States and the
Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by
the President to Congress under section
2(a) of the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Accountablity Act on ____.'', with the
blank space being filled with the
appropriate date; and
(II) the term ``joint resolution of
disapproval'' means only a joint
resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress,
the sole matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: ``That
Congress disapproves of the agreement
between the United States and the
Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by
the President to Congress under section
2(a) of the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Accountablity Act on ____.'', with the
blank space being filled with the
appropriate date.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section or any action
taken pursuant to this section shall be construed as approval of any
sanctions relief in connection with any agreement with respect to
Iran's nuclear program.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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