Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014 - Directs the President, within three days after entering into a U.S.-Iran agreement relating to Iran's nuclear program, to submit such agreement to Congress.
Provides for: (1) a 15-day review period by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and (2) a subsequent 15-day period in which a joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced in the House and in the Senate for expedited consideration.
Prohibits the use of any Department of State funds available for obligation to implement a nuclear program agreement with Iran, including any related sanctions reduction, if: (1) the President fails to submit the agreement to Congress, or (2) a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law.
Provides that:
Reinstates by action of law on November 28, 2014, any sanctions on Iran that have been waived, suspended, or otherwise reduced in connection with Iran's nuclear program, unless before that date the President submits to Congress a comprehensive and long-term agreement that: (1) addresses all key aspects of Iran's nuclear program, and (2) is significantly longer in duration than any previous U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2650 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2650
To provide for congressional review of agreements relating to Iran's
nuclear program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 23, 2014
Mr. Corker (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Rubio, Mr. McCain, Mr. Risch,
and Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To provide for congressional review of agreements relating to Iran's
nuclear program, and for other purposes.
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 Negotiations Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' has the meaning given
that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(2) Joint plan of action.--The term ``Joint Plan of
Action'' means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at Geneva
November 24, 2013, 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 Plan of Action, including the
technical understandings reached on January 12, 2014, and the
extension of the Joint Plan of Action agreed to on July 19,
2014.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS RELATING TO
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
(a) Submission of Agreements to Congress.--
(1) In general.--The President shall submit to Congress an
agreement described in paragraph (2) not later than 3 calendar
days after entering into the agreement.
(2) Agreement described.--An agreement described in this
paragraph is an agreement relating to Iran's nuclear program
entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act
by the United States and Iran. An agreement is described in
this paragraph without regard to whether or not one or more
countries other than the United States and Iran are parties to
the agreement.
(b) Committee Review.--During the 15-calendar day period beginning
on the date on which the President submits an agreement to Congress
under subsection (a), the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives--
(1) shall review the agreement; and
(2) may hold hearings or briefings, as appropriate, related
to the agreement.
(c) Joint Resolution of Disapproval.--
(1) Joint resolution of disapproval defined.--In this
section, the term ``joint resolution of disapproval'' means
only a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress--
(A) that does not have a preamble;
(B) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint
resolution disapproving a nuclear agreement with
Iran''; and
(C) the matter after the resolving clause of which
is as follows: ``That Congress disapproves of the
agreement relating to Iran's nuclear program submitted
by the President to Congress under section 3(a) of the
Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014 on ______.'',
with the blank space being filled with the appropriate
date.
(2) Reconvening.--Upon receipt by Congress of an agreement
described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), as required by
paragraph (1) of that subsection--
(A) the Speaker, if the House of Representatives
would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify the Members
of the House that, pursuant to this section, the House
shall convene not later than the second calendar day
after receipt of the agreement; and
(B) if the Senate has adjourned or recessed for
more than 2 days, the majority leader of the Senate,
after consultation with the minority leader of the
Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate that,
pursuant to this section, the Senate shall convene not
later than the second calendar day after receipt of the
agreement.
(3) Introduction.--During the 15-calendar day period
beginning on the calendar day after the end of the 15-calendar
day period described in subsection (b), a joint resolution of
disapproval may be introduced--
(A) in the House of Representatives, by the Speaker
(or his designee) or the minority leader (or his
designee); and
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or his
designee) or the minority leader (or his designee).
(4) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of disapproval
introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations and a joint resolution of disapproval
introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
(5) Discharge of committees.--If the committee of either
House to which a joint resolution of disapproval has been
referred has not reported the joint resolution at the end of
the 15-calendar day period after the introduction of the joint
resolution, that committee shall be discharged from further
consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
(6) Floor consideration in the house of representatives.--
(A) Motions to proceed.--After the committee
authorized to consider a joint resolution of
disapproval reports it to the House of Representatives
or has been discharged from its consideration, it shall
be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint
resolution in the House. All points of order against
the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in
order after the House has disposed of a motion to
proceed on the joint resolution. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion. The motion shall
not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
(B) Consideration.--A joint resolution of
disapproval shall be considered as read. All points of
order against the joint resolution and against its
consideration are waived. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to its
passage without intervening motion, except 20 hours of
debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on
passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order.
No amendment to, or motion to recommit, a joint
resolution of disapproval shall be in order.
(C) Appeals.--All appeals from the decisions of the
Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the
House of Representatives to the procedure relating to a
joint resolution of disapproval shall be decided
without debate.
(7) Floor consideration in the senate.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any
time after the committee authorized to consider a joint
resolution of disapproval reports it to the Senate or
has been discharged from its consideration (even though
a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed
to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the
joint resolution, and all points of order against the
joint resolution (and against consideration of the
joint resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed is
not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to
postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of
the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution
shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of.
(B) Debate.--Debate in the Senate on a joint
resolution of disapproval, and all debatable motions
and appeals in connection with such a resolution, shall
be limited to not more than 20 hours, to be equally
divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader
and the minority leader or their designees. A motion to
further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An
amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to
proceed to the consideration of other business, or a
motion to recommit the joint resolution of disapproval
is not in order.
(C) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall
occur immediately following the conclusion of the
debate on a joint resolution of disapproval, and a
single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if
requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate.
(D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals
from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution of disapproval shall be
decided without debate.
(E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the
Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint
resolution of disapproval, including all debatable
motions and appeals in connection with such a joint
resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally
divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader
and the minority leader or their designees.
(8) Rules relating to senate and house of
representatives.--
(A) Coordination with action by other house.--If,
before the passage by one House of a joint resolution
of disapproval of that House, that House receives from
the other House a joint resolution of disapproval, then
the following procedures shall apply:
(i) The joint resolution of the other House
shall not be referred to a committee.
(ii) With respect to a joint resolution of
the House receiving the resolution--
(I) the procedure in that House
shall be the same as if no joint
resolution had been received from the
other House; but
(II) the vote on passage shall be
on the joint resolution of the other
House.
(B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--
If one House fails to introduce or consider a joint
resolution of disapproval under this section, the joint
resolution of disapproval of the other House shall be
entitled to expedited floor procedures under this
section.
(C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following
passage of a joint resolution of disapproval in the
Senate, the Senate then receives the companion measure
from the House of Representatives, the companion
measure shall not be debatable.
(9) Rules of the house of representatives and the senate.--
This subsection is enacted by Congress--
(A) 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
(B) 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.
(d) Limitation on Funding for Implementation of Agreement.--No
funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State that
remain available for obligation as of the date of the enactment of this
Act may be obligated or expended to implement an agreement described in
subsection (a)(2), including for the waiver, suspension, or other
reduction of any sanctions with respect to Iran pursuant to such an
agreement, if--
(1) the President fails to submit the agreement to Congress
as required by subsection (a); or
(2) a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law
pursuant to subsection (b).
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section or any action
taken pursuant to this section shall be construed as approval of any
waiver, suspension, or other reduction of any sanctions with respect to
Iran in connection with any agreement relating to Iran's nuclear
program.
SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
RELATING TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
(a) Assessment of Compliance.--If any element of the intelligence
community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3003)) receives information from any person, including the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, a foreign government, a
foreign intelligence service, or another reputable source, that Iran
has failed to comply with the terms of the Joint Plan of Action, any
agreement to implement the Joint Plan of Action, or any other agreement
related to Iran's nuclear program (including an agreement described in
section 3(a)(2)), or has refused to cooperate in any substantive way
with appropriate requests of the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the Director of National Intelligence shall--
(1) not later than 10 calendar days after receiving that
information, determine whether the information is credible and
accurate; and
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees--
(A) the information; and
(B) the determination of the Director with respect
to whether the information is credible and accurate and
the reasons for that determination.
(b) Reinstatement of Sanctions.--If the Director of National
Intelligence determines that information described in subsection (a) is
credible and accurate, any sanctions imposed with respect to Iran that
have been waived, suspended, or otherwise reduced in connection with
negotiations with Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program, without
regard to whether the waiver, suspension, or other reduction of those
sanctions took effect before or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, shall be reinstated in full by action of law on that date that is
5 calendar days after the date of the determination.
SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT OF TIMELINE FOR NEGOTIATING NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS WITH
IRAN.
Any sanctions imposed with respect to Iran that have been waived,
suspended, or otherwise reduced in connection with negotiations with
Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program, without regard to whether the
waiver, suspension, or other reduction of those sanctions took effect
before or after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be
reinstated in full by action of law on November 28, 2014, unless,
before that date, the President--
(1) submits to Congress an agreement described in paragraph
(2) of section 3(a) as required by paragraph (1) of that
section; and
(2) certifies to the appropriate congressional committees
that the agreement is a comprehensive and long-term agreement
that--
(A) addresses all key aspects of Iran's nuclear
program; and
(B) is of a duration that is significantly longer
than any nuclear-related agreement between the United
States and Iran entered into before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4767, S4768-4769, S4769-4770)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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