Iran China Accountability Act
This bill prohibits the use of funds to enter into any negotiation with Iran regarding an Iran nuclear agreement until the President makes specified certifications concerning the actions of China and Iran.
Specifically, the President must certify that China has ceased incarcerating Uighur individuals in the Xinjiang region. Additionally, the President must certify that, among other actions, Iran has terminated all agreements involving the receipt of funds from China and all ties and transfer of cash to Iranian proxy forces, including Hamas.
Further, any Iran nuclear agreement that the United States enters into must certify the destruction of any and all Iranian nuclear and missile capabilities, weapons, infrastructure, chemical weapons, and offensive cyber activity. Such agreement shall be deemed a treaty requiring advice and consent of the Senate.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3465 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3465
To impose certain requirements relating to the renegotiation or reentry
into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or other agreement relating
to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2021
Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Jackson) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To impose certain requirements relating to the renegotiation or reentry
into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or other agreement 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 China Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
provided Iran with over $100,000,000,000 in sanctions relief,
circumventing mandatory sanctions imposed by the Congress of
the United States.
(2) The Obama Administration delivered $400,000,000 in cash
to Iran in 2016.
(3) President Trump wisely removed the United States from
the disastrous JCPOA on May 8, 2018, and implemented a campaign
of maximum economic pressure on Iran until the regime ends its
nuclear program, its pursuit of ballistic missiles, its support
of terrorism and regional destabilization, and releases all
United States hostages.
(4) Iran and China signed a 25-year strategic economic
cooperation agreement on March 27, 2021.
(5) This agreement involves a transfer of $400,000,000,000
from the Chinese Communist Party to the Iranian Government.
(6) The Chinese Communist Party is committing an ongoing
genocide against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region and
suppressing religious freedom across the country.
(7) The Chinese Communist Party is also suppressing
religious freedom by wrongly imprisoning Christians, raiding
house churches, and attempting to shut down houses of worship
not endorsed by the government.
(8) The Iranian government is perpetrating violence against
its own people, including through the killing of protesters,
and the persecution of women and religious minorities. It is
also involved in severe violations of human rights throughout
the Middle East, including supporting the brutal Assad regime
in Syria.
(9) China has increased its purchases of oil from Iran, in
violation of United States sanctions, in the past few months.
Such oil sales would be permitted if the United States lifts
sanctions on Iran and re-enters the failed Iran nuclear deal.
(10) The failed Iran nuclear deal required that the United
Nations arms embargo on Iran expire in October 2020, which
permits China to sell arms to Iran, and permits Iran to sell
arms to China.
(11) The United States Government unequivocally condemns
the Hamas-incited terrorist attacks originating from Israeli
land currently occupied by Hamas.
(12) The United States Government recognizes Israel's right
to defend itself from Hamas-incited terrorist attacks.
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANY IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
(a) Limitations Prior to Entering Into Negotiations.--No Federal
funds may be authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available
to enter into any negotiation with the Government of Iran with respect
to an Iran nuclear agreement until the President certifies to Congress
that--
(1) the Government of China has ceased to incarcerate
Uighur individuals in concentration camps in the Xinjiang
region;
(2) the Government of Iran has terminated--
(A) all agreements involving the transfer of funds
to such Government from China; and
(B) all agreements involving a strategic military
or security partnership with China;
(3) the Government of Iran has terminated all ties and
transfer of cash to Iranian proxy forces, including Hamas; and
(4) the Government of Iran has verified the destruction of
any and all chemical weapons, materials, and infrastructure.
(b) Requirement for Contents of Agreement.--No Federal funds may be
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for United
States entry into any Iran nuclear agreement, and the President may not
take any action (including in the form of an agenda, agreement,
platform, or plan) to carry out the goals of such an agreement, unless
such agreement certifies the destruction of any and all Iranian nuclear
and missile capabilities, weapons, infrastructure, chemical weapons,
and offensive cyber activity.
(c) Ratification Required.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any Iran nuclear agreement shall be deemed a treaty for purposes
of the requirement of the advice and consent of the Senate to
ratification. The President may not take any action (including in the
form of an agenda, agreement, platform, or plan) to carry out the goals
of such an agreement until the Senate has adopted a resolution of
advice and consent to such ratification.
(d) Report Required.--The Secretary of State shall submit to
Congress, prior to the submission of a proposed Iran nuclear agreement
to the Senate for ratification in accordance with subsection (c), a
report setting forth the manner and extent to which the negotiation and
terms of such proposed Iran nuclear agreement comply with each
limitation under this section.
SEC. 4. IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``Iran nuclear agreement'' means--
(1) the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at
Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and by the People's Republic of
China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United
Kingdom and the United States, with the High Representative of
the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and
all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action; and
(2) any successor or other agreement exchanging relief from
international sanctions for restrictions on Iran's nuclear
program.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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