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[H.R. 1191 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1191

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
To provide for congressional review and oversight 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 Agreement Review Act of 
2015''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF AGREEMENTS WITH IRAN 
RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN.
    The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 134 the following new section:
    ``SEC. 135. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF AGREEMENTS WITH 
      IRAN.
    ``(a) Transmission to Congress of Nuclear Agreements With Iran and 
Verification Assessment With Respect to Such Agreements.--
        ``(1) Transmission of agreements.--Not later than 5 calendar 
    days after reaching an agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear 
    program of Iran, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
    congressional committees and leadership--
            ``(A) the agreement, as defined in subsection (h)(1), 
        including all related materials and annexes;
            ``(B) a verification assessment report of the Secretary of 
        State prepared under paragraph (2) with respect to the 
        agreement; and
            ``(C) a certification that--
                ``(i) the agreement includes the appropriate terms, 
            conditions, and duration of the agreement's requirements 
            with respect to Iran's nuclear activities and provisions 
            describing any sanctions to be waived, suspended, or 
            otherwise reduced by the United States, and any other 
            nation or entity, including the United Nations; and
                ``(ii) the President determines the agreement meets 
            United States non-proliferation objectives, does not 
            jeopardize the common defense and security, provides an 
            adequate framework to ensure that Iran's nuclear activities 
            permitted thereunder will not be inimical to or constitute 
            an unreasonable risk to the common defense and security, 
            and ensures that Iran's nuclear activities permitted 
            thereunder will not be used to further any nuclear-related 
            military or nuclear explosive purpose, including for any 
            research on or development of any nuclear explosive device 
            or any other nuclear-related military purpose.
        ``(2) Verification assessment report.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State shall prepare, 
        with respect to an agreement described in paragraph (1), a 
        report assessing--
                ``(i) the extent to which the Secretary will be able to 
            verify that Iran is complying with its obligations and 
            commitments under the agreement;
                ``(ii) the adequacy of the safeguards and other control 
            mechanisms and other assurances contained in the agreement 
            with respect to Iran's nuclear program to ensure Iran's 
            activities permitted thereunder will not be used to further 
            any nuclear-related military or nuclear explosive purpose, 
            including for any research on or development of any nuclear 
            explosive device or any other nuclear-related military 
            purpose; and
                ``(iii) the capacity and capability of the 
            International Atomic Energy Agency to effectively implement 
            the verification regime required by or related to the 
            agreement, including whether the International Atomic 
            Energy Agency will have sufficient access to investigate 
            suspicious sites or allegations of covert nuclear-related 
            activities and whether it has the required funding, 
            manpower, and authority to undertake the verification 
            regime required by or related to the agreement.
            ``(B) Assumptions.--In preparing a report under 
        subparagraph (A) with respect to an agreement described in 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assume that Iran could--
                ``(i) use all measures not expressly prohibited by the 
            agreement to conceal activities that violate its 
            obligations and commitments under the agreement; and
                ``(ii) alter or deviate from standard practices in 
            order to impede efforts to verify that Iran is complying 
            with those obligations and commitments.
            ``(C) Classified annex.--A report under subparagraph (A) 
        shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but shall include a 
        classified annex prepared in consultation with the Director of 
        National Intelligence, summarizing relevant classified 
        information.
        ``(3) Exception.--
            ``(A) In general.--Neither the requirements of 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), nor subsections (b) 
        through (g) of this section, shall apply to an agreement 
        described in subsection (h)(5) or to the EU-Iran Joint 
        Statement made on April 2, 2015.
            ``(B) Additional requirement.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
        (A), any agreement as defined in subsection (h)(1) and any 
        related materials, whether concluded before or after the date 
        of the enactment of this section, shall not be subject to the 
        exception in subparagraph (A).
    ``(b) Period for Review by Congress of Nuclear Agreements With 
Iran.--
        ``(1) In general.--During the 30-calendar day period following 
    transmittal by the President of an agreement pursuant to subsection 
    (a), the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall, 
    as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain 
    information in order to fully review such agreement.
        ``(2) Exception.--The period for congressional review under 
    paragraph (1) shall be 60 calendar days if an agreement, including 
    all materials required to be transmitted to Congress pursuant to 
    subsection (a)(1), is transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
    between July 10, 2015, and September 7, 2015.
        ``(3) Limitation on actions during initial congressional review 
    period.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
    provided in paragraph (6), prior to and during the period for 
    transmission of an agreement in subsection (a)(1) and during the 
    period for congressional review provided in paragraph (1), 
    including any additional period as applicable under the exception 
    provided in paragraph (2), the President may not waive, suspend, 
    reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
    statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law 
    or refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
    agreement described in subsection (a).
        ``(4) Limitation on actions during presidential consideration 
    of a joint resolution of disapproval.--Notwithstanding any other 
    provision of law, except as provided in paragraph (6), if a joint 
    resolution of disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes 
    both Houses of Congress, the President may not waive, suspend, 
    reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
    statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law 
    or refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
    agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of 12 calendar 
    days following the date of such passage.
        ``(5) Limitation on actions during congressional 
    reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in 
    paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of disapproval described in 
    subsection (c)(2)(B) passes both Houses of Congress, and the 
    President vetoes such joint resolution, the President may not 
    waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the 
    application of statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any 
    provision of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions 
    pursuant to an agreement described in subsection (a) for a period 
    of 10 calendar days following the date of the President's veto.
        ``(6) Exception.--The prohibitions under paragraphs (3) through 
    (5) do not apply to any new deferral, waiver, or other suspension 
    of statutory sanctions pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action if that 
    deferral, waiver, or other suspension is made--
            ``(A) consistent with the law in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; and
            ``(B) not later than 45 calendar days before the 
        transmission by the President of an agreement, assessment 
        report, and certification under subsection (a).
        ``(7) Definition.--In the House of Representatives, for 
    purposes of this subsection, the terms `transmittal,' 
    `transmitted,' and `transmission' mean transmittal, transmitted, 
    and transmission, respectively, to the Speaker of the House of 
    Representatives.
    ``(c) Effect of Congressional Action With Respect to Nuclear 
Agreements With Iran.--
        ``(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            ``(A) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran by Congress is 
        primarily responsible for bringing Iran to the table to 
        negotiate on its nuclear program;
            ``(B) these negotiations are a critically important matter 
        of national security and foreign policy for the United States 
        and its closest allies;
            ``(C) this section does not require a vote by Congress for 
        the agreement to commence;
            ``(D) this section provides for congressional review, 
        including, as appropriate, for approval, disapproval, or no 
        action on statutory sanctions relief under an agreement; and
            ``(E) even though the agreement may commence, because the 
        sanctions regime was imposed by Congress and only Congress can 
        permanently modify or eliminate that regime, it is critically 
        important that Congress have the opportunity, in an orderly and 
        deliberative manner, to consider and, as appropriate, take 
        action affecting the statutory sanctions regime imposed by 
        Congress.
        ``(2) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
    action involving any measure of statutory sanctions relief by the 
    United States pursuant to an agreement subject to subsection (a) or 
    the Joint Plan of Action--
            ``(A) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
        requirements for such action, if, during the period for review 
        provided in subsection (b), there is enacted a joint resolution 
        stating in substance that the Congress does favor the 
        agreement;
            ``(B) may not be taken if, during the period for review 
        provided in subsection (b), there is enacted a joint resolution 
        stating in substance that the Congress does not favor the 
        agreement; or
            ``(C) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
        requirements for such action, if, following the period for 
        review provided in subsection (b), there is not enacted any 
        such joint resolution.
        ``(3) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
    phrase `action involving any measure of statutory sanctions relief 
    by the United States' shall include waiver, suspension, reduction, 
    or other effort to provide relief from, or otherwise limit the 
    application of statutory sanctions with respect to, Iran under any 
    provision of law or any other effort to refrain from applying any 
    such sanctions.
    ``(d) Congressional Oversight of Iranian Compliance With Nuclear 
Agreements.--
        ``(1) In general.--The President shall keep the appropriate 
    congressional committees and leadership fully and currently 
    informed of all aspects of Iranian compliance with respect to an 
    agreement subject to subsection (a).
        ``(2) Potentially significant breaches and compliance 
    incidents.--The President shall, within 10 calendar days of 
    receiving credible and accurate information relating to a 
    potentially significant breach or compliance incident by Iran with 
    respect to an agreement subject to subsection (a), submit such 
    information to the appropriate congressional committees and 
    leadership.
        ``(3) Material breach report.--Not later than 30 calendar days 
    after submitting information about a potentially significant breach 
    or compliance incident pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
    shall make a determination whether such potentially significant 
    breach or compliance issue constitutes a material breach and, if 
    there is such a material breach, whether Iran has cured such 
    material breach, and shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
    committees and leadership such determination, accompanied by, as 
    appropriate, a report on the action or failure to act by Iran that 
    led to the material breach, actions necessary for Iran to cure the 
    breach, and the status of Iran's efforts to cure the breach.
        ``(4) Semi-annual report.--Not later than 180 calendar days 
    after entering into an agreement described in subsection (a), and 
    not less frequently than once every 180 calendar days thereafter, 
    the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
    committees and leadership a report on Iran's nuclear program and 
    the compliance of Iran with the agreement during the period covered 
    by the report, including the following elements:
            ``(A) Any action or failure to act by Iran that breached 
        the agreement or is in noncompliance with the terms of the 
        agreement.
            ``(B) Any delay by Iran of more than one week in providing 
        inspectors access to facilities, people, and documents in Iran 
        as required by the agreement.
            ``(C) Any progress made by Iran to resolve concerns by the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency about possible military 
        dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
            ``(D) Any procurement by Iran of materials in violation of 
        the agreement or which could otherwise significantly advance 
        Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon.
            ``(E) Any centrifuge research and development conducted by 
        Iran that--
                ``(i) is not in compliance with the agreement; or
                ``(ii) may substantially reduce the breakout time of 
            acquisition of a nuclear weapon by Iran, if deployed.
            ``(F) Any diversion by Iran of uranium, carbon-fiber, or 
        other materials for use in Iran's nuclear program in violation 
        of the agreement.
            ``(G) Any covert nuclear activities undertaken by Iran, 
        including any covert nuclear weapons-related or covert fissile 
        material activities or research and development.
            ``(H) An assessment of whether any Iranian financial 
        institutions are engaged in money laundering or terrorist 
        finance activities, including names of specific financial 
        institutions if applicable.
            ``(I) Iran's advances in its ballistic missile program, 
        including developments related to its long-range and inter-
        continental ballistic missile programs.
            ``(J) An assessment of--
                ``(i) whether Iran directly supported, financed, 
            planned, or carried out an act of terrorism against the 
            United States or a United States person anywhere in the 
            world;
                ``(ii) whether, and the extent to which, Iran supported 
            acts of terrorism, including acts of terrorism against the 
            United States or a United States person anywhere in the 
            world;
                ``(iii) all actions, including in international fora, 
            being taken by the United States to stop, counter, and 
            condemn acts by Iran to directly or indirectly carry out 
            acts of terrorism against the United States and United 
            States persons;
                ``(iv) the impact on the national security of the 
            United States and the safety of United States citizens as a 
            result of any Iranian actions reported under this 
            paragraph; and
                ``(v) all of the sanctions relief provided to Iran, 
            pursuant to the agreement, and a description of the 
            relationship between each sanction waived, suspended, or 
            deferred and Iran's nuclear weapon's program.
            ``(K) An assessment of whether violations of 
        internationally recognized human rights in Iran have changed, 
        increased, or decreased, as compared to the prior 180-day 
        period.
        ``(5) Additional reports and information.--
            ``(A) Agency reports.--Following submission of an agreement 
        pursuant to subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional 
        committees and leadership, the Department of State, the 
        Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall, upon 
        the request of any of those committees or leadership, promptly 
        furnish to those committees or leadership their views as to 
        whether the safeguards and other controls contained in the 
        agreement with respect to Iran's nuclear program provide an 
        adequate framework to ensure that Iran's activities permitted 
        thereunder will not be inimical to or constitute an 
        unreasonable risk to the common defense and security.
            ``(B) Provision of information on nuclear initiatives with 
        iran.--The President shall keep the appropriate congressional 
        committees and leadership fully and currently informed of any 
        initiative or negotiations with Iran relating to Iran's nuclear 
        program, including any new or amended agreement.
        ``(6) Compliance certification.--After the review period 
    provided in subsection (b), the President shall, not less than 
    every 90 calendar days--
            ``(A) determine whether the President is able to certify 
        that--
                ``(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and fully 
            implementing the agreement, including all related technical 
            or additional agreements;
                ``(ii) Iran has not committed a material breach with 
            respect to the agreement or, if Iran has committed a 
            material breach, Iran has cured the material breach;
                ``(iii) Iran has not taken any action, including covert 
            activities, that could significantly advance its nuclear 
            weapons program; and
                ``(iv) suspension of sanctions related to Iran pursuant 
            to the agreement is--

                    ``(I) appropriate and proportionate to the specific 
                and verifiable measures taken by Iran with respect to 
                terminating its illicit nuclear program; and
                    ``(II) vital to the national security interests of 
                the United States; and

            ``(B) if the President determines he is able to make the 
        certification described in subparagraph (A), make such 
        certification to the appropriate congressional committees and 
        leadership.
        ``(7) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            ``(A) United States sanctions on Iran for terrorism, human 
        rights abuses, and ballistic missiles will remain in place 
        under an agreement, as defined in subsection (h)(1);
            ``(B) issues not addressed by an agreement on the nuclear 
        program of Iran, including fair and appropriate compensation 
        for Americans who were terrorized and subjected to torture 
        while held in captivity for 444 days after the seizure of the 
        United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in 1979 and their 
        families, the freedom of Americans held in Iran, the human 
        rights abuses of the Government of Iran against its own people, 
        and the continued support of terrorism worldwide by the 
        Government of Iran, are matters critical to ensure justice and 
        the national security of the United States, and should be 
        expeditiously addressed;
            ``(C) the President should determine the agreement in no 
        way compromises the commitment of the United States to Israel's 
        security, nor its support for Israel's right to exist; and
            ``(D) in order to responsibly implement any long-term 
        agreement reached between the P5+1 countries and Iran, it is 
        critically important that Congress have the opportunity to 
        review any agreement and, as necessary, take action to modify 
        the statutory sanctions regime imposed by Congress.
    ``(e) Expedited Consideration of Legislation.--
        ``(1) Initiation.--
            ``(A) In general.--In the event the President does not 
        submit a certification pursuant to subsection (d)(6) during 
        each 90-day period following the review period provided in 
        subsection (b), or submits a determination pursuant to 
        subsection (d)(3) that Iran has materially breached an 
        agreement subject to subsection (a) and the material breach has 
        not been cured, qualifying legislation introduced within 60 
        calendar days of such event shall be entitled to expedited 
        consideration pursuant to this subsection.
            ``(B) Definition.--In the House of Representatives, for 
        purposes of this paragraph, the terms `submit' and `submits' 
        mean submit and submits, respectively, to the Speaker of the 
        House of Representatives.
        ``(2) Qualifying legislation defined.--For purposes of this 
    subsection, the term `qualifying legislation' means only a bill of 
    either House of Congress--
            ``(A) the title of which is as follows: `A bill reinstating 
        statutory sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.'; and
            ``(B) the matter after the enacting clause of which is: 
        `Any statutory sanctions imposed with respect to Iran pursuant 
        to ______ that were waived, suspended, reduced, or otherwise 
        relieved pursuant to an agreement submitted pursuant to section 
        135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 are hereby reinstated 
        and any action by the United States Government to facilitate 
        the release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to such 
        agreement, or provide any further waiver, suspension, 
        reduction, or other relief pursuant to such agreement is hereby 
        prohibited.', with the blank space being filled in with the law 
        or laws under which sanctions are to be reinstated.
        ``(3) Introduction.--During the 60-calendar day period provided 
    for in paragraph (1), qualifying legislation may be introduced--
            ``(A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority 
        leader or the minority leader; and
            ``(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
        majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the 
        minority leader's designee).
        ``(4) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--
            ``(A) Reporting and discharge.--If a committee of the House 
        to which qualifying legislation has been referred has not 
        reported such qualifying legislation within 10 legislative days 
        after the date of referral, that committee shall be discharged 
        from further consideration thereof.
            ``(B) Proceeding to consideration.--Beginning on the third 
        legislative day after each committee to which qualifying 
        legislation has been referred reports it to the House or has 
        been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall be 
        in order to move to proceed to consider the qualifying 
        legislation 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 qualifying 
        legislation with regard to the same agreement. 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.
            ``(C) Consideration.--The qualifying legislation shall be 
        considered as read. All points of order against the qualifying 
        legislation and against its consideration are waived. The 
        previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
        qualifying legislation to final passage without intervening 
        motion except two hours of debate equally divided and 
        controlled by the sponsor of the qualifying legislation (or a 
        designee) and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 
        passage of the qualifying legislation shall not be in order.
        ``(5) Consideration in the senate.--
            ``(A) Committee referral.--Qualifying legislation 
        introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations.
            ``(B) Reporting and discharge.--If the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations has not reported such qualifying legislation within 
        10 session days after the date of referral of such legislation, 
        that committee shall be discharged from further consideration 
        of such legislation and the qualifying legislation shall be 
        placed on the appropriate calendar.
            ``(C) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding Rule 
        XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any 
        time after the committee authorized to consider qualifying 
        legislation 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 qualifying legislation, and all points of 
        order against qualifying legislation (and against consideration 
        of the qualifying legislation) 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 qualifying 
        legislation is agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall 
        remain the unfinished business until disposed of.
            ``(D) Debate.--Debate on qualifying legislation, and on all 
        debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
        limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
        equally between the majority and minority leaders 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 qualifying legislation is not in order.
            ``(E) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur 
        immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the 
        qualifying legislation and a single quorum call at the 
        conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance with the 
        rules of the Senate.
            ``(F) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
        decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules 
        of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to 
        qualifying legislation shall be decided without debate.
            ``(G) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
        of any veto message with respect to qualifying legislation, 
        including all debatable motions and appeals in connection with 
        such qualifying legislation, shall be limited to 10 hours, to 
        be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority 
        leader and the minority leader or their designees.
        ``(6) Rules relating to senate and house of representatives.--
            ``(A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
        the passage by one House of qualifying legislation of that 
        House, that House receives qualifying legislation from the 
        other House, then the following procedures shall apply:
                ``(i) The qualifying legislation of the other House 
            shall not be referred to a committee.
                ``(ii) With respect to qualifying legislation of the 
            House receiving the legislation--

                    ``(I) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no qualifying legislation had been received from 
                the other House; but
                    ``(II) the vote on passage shall be on the 
                qualifying legislation of the other House.

            ``(B) Treatment of a bill of other house.--If one House 
        fails to introduce qualifying legislation under this section, 
        the qualifying legislation of the other House shall be entitled 
        to expedited floor procedures under this section.
            ``(C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
        passage of the qualifying legislation in the Senate, the Senate 
        then receives a companion measure from the House of 
        Representatives, the companion measure shall not be debatable.
            ``(D) Application to revenue measures.--The provisions of 
        this paragraph shall not apply in the House of Representatives 
        to qualifying legislation which is a revenue measure.
    ``(f) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--Subsection (e) 
is enacted by Congress--
        ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and 
    the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such are 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 legislation described in those sections, and supersede 
    other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such 
    rules; and
        ``(2) 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.
    ``(g) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in the section shall be 
construed as--
        ``(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, the President's 
    authority to negotiate, enter into, or implement appropriate 
    executive agreements, other than the restrictions on implementation 
    of the agreements specifically covered by this section;
        ``(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, reduction, or other 
    relief from statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any 
    provision of law, or allowing the President to refrain from 
    applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement described in 
    subsection (a) during the period for review provided in subsection 
    (b);
        ``(3) revoking or terminating any statutory sanctions imposed 
    on Iran; or
        ``(4) authorizing the use of military force against Iran.
    ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Agreement.--The term `agreement' means an agreement 
    related to the nuclear program of Iran that includes the United 
    States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant to 
    which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, 
    regardless of the form it takes, whether a political commitment or 
    otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally binding or not, 
    including any joint comprehensive plan of action entered into or 
    made between Iran and any other parties, and any additional 
    materials related thereto, including annexes, appendices, codicils, 
    side agreements, implementing materials, documents, and guidance, 
    technical or other understandings, and any related agreements, 
    whether entered into or implemented prior to the agreement or to be 
    entered into or implemented in the future.
        ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
    `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
    Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
    Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign 
    Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
    Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
    Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
    Representatives.
        ``(3) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership.--The 
    term `appropriate congressional committees and leadership' means 
    the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
    Urban Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
    Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Majority and Minority 
    Leaders of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
    Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
    Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
    Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the House of 
    Representatives.
        ``(4) Iranian financial institution.--The term `Iranian 
    financial institution' has the meaning given the term in section 
    104A(d) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
    Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).
        ``(5) 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, the extension thereto agreed to on 
    July 18, 2014, the extension agreed to on November 24, 2014, and 
    any materially identical extension that is agreed to on or after 
    the date of the enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act 
    of 2015.
        ``(6) EU-iran joint statement.--The term `EU-Iran Joint 
    Statement' means only the Joint Statement by EU High Representative 
    Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made on 
    April 2, 2015, at Lausanne, Switzerland.
        ``(7) Material breach.--The term `material breach' means, with 
    respect to an agreement described in subsection (a), any breach of 
    the agreement, or in the case of non-binding commitments, any 
    failure to perform those commitments, that substantially--
            ``(A) benefits Iran's nuclear program;
            ``(B) decreases the amount of time required by Iran to 
        achieve a nuclear weapon; or
            ``(C) deviates from or undermines the purposes of such 
        agreement.
        ``(8) Noncompliance defined.--The term `noncompliance' means 
    any departure from the terms of an agreement described in 
    subsection (a) that is not a material breach.
        ``(9) P5+1 countries.--The term `P5+1 countries' means the 
    United States, France, the Russian Federation, the People's 
    Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
        ``(10) United states person.--The term `United States person' 
    has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive 
    Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
    U.S.C. 8511).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.