[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2429 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2429

   To require a report on the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear 
program and to prohibit the provision of sanctions relief to Iran until 
   Iran has verifiably ended all military dimensions of its nuclear 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2015

 Ms. Ayotte (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Ernst, 
 Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Thune, and Mr. 
    Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require a report on the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear 
program and to prohibit the provision of sanctions relief to Iran until 
   Iran has verifiably ended all military dimensions of its 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 ``Ending Iran's Nuclear Weapon Program 
Before Sanctions Relief Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON MILITARY DIMENSIONS OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 
              LIMITATIONS ON SANCTIONS RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that--
            (1) at a minimum, provides a detailed assessment of the 
        nature, scope, and duration of each activity specified in 
        subsection (b);
            (2) with respect to each activity specified in subsection 
        (b), assesses--
                    (A) whether the activity continues or when the 
                activity ended;
                    (B) whether Iran consulted, cooperated, or 
                collaborated with any foreign entity in the activity 
                and, if so, a full description of the nature, scope, 
                and duration of such consultation, cooperation, or 
                collaboration;
                    (C) the differences between the conclusions of the 
                International Atomic Energy Agency and the most recent 
                determination of the intelligence community (as defined 
                in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
                (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)));
                    (D) the ability of Iran to quickly resume the 
                activity, if the activity has ended, and to advance 
                beyond the current stage of development; and
                    (E) the credibility of Iran's arguments related to 
                dual-use technology; and
            (3) includes--
                    (A) a summary of refusals by Iran to cooperate with 
                International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors and 
                requests since January 2003;
                    (B) a list of any Iranian institutes or other 
                entities involved in nuclear weapon activities or 
                research;
                    (C) a list of Iranian scientists or other experts 
                who worked on Iran's nuclear weapon program; and
                    (D) a list of sites where Iranian nuclear weapon 
                related activities are occurring or have occurred.
    (b) Activities Specified.--The activities specified in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) The existence of management and organization structures 
        to facilitate the development of a nuclear explosive device.
            (2) Procurement activities associated with a nuclear weapon 
        program.
            (3) Covert acquisition of uranium or plutonium, covert 
        uranium conversion, covert uranium reconversion, and covert 
        uranium enrichment activities.
            (4) Attempted or actual acquisition of nuclear weapon 
        design information.
            (5) Metallurgical work associated with nuclear devices.
            (6) Development of detonators and associated equipment for 
        a nuclear weapon.
            (7) Possession of multipoint initiation technology relevant 
        to a nuclear explosive device.
            (8) Use of multipoint initiation technology for experiments 
        associated with a nuclear explosive device.
            (9) Development of simulated components for a nuclear 
        explosive device, including components relevant to the dynamic 
        compressive testing of those components.
            (10) Computer modeling studies of component arrangements 
        specific to nuclear explosive configurations based on implosion 
        technology and studies relating to high explosives modeling.
            (11) Experiments with materials and configurations that 
        could generate neutrons under shock compression for the purpose 
        of initiating an implosion-type nuclear explosive device.
            (12) Planning, preparation, and execution of experiments 
        relevant to testing a nuclear explosive device, specifically, 
        but not limited to, tests to determine whether detonator firing 
        components would function over a long distance between the 
        firing point and a test device located down a deep shaft.
            (13) Activities related to the integration of a new 
        spherical payload into the existing payload chamber of the re-
        entry vehicle for a ballistic missile.
            (14) Activities related to a fuzing, arming, and firing 
        system for a heavy spherical ballistic missile payload.
            (15) Activities at Parchin Military Complex related to 
        nuclear weapons.
            (16) Nuclear weapon related activities at the Physics 
        Research Center and subsequent organizations, and the purpose 
        of such activities.
            (17) Activities associated with the research, development, 
        testing, or fielding related to ballistic missiles capable of 
        carrying a nuclear weapon.
            (18) Activities by Iran to conceal nuclear weapon related 
        activities.
    (c) Limitations on Provision of Sanctions Relief to Iran.--
Notwithstanding section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2160e) or any other provision of law, the United States Government 
shall not provide any sanctions relief to Iran until the date that is 
90 days after--
            (1) the submission of the report required by subsection 
        (a);
            (2) the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of 
        Energy, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense 
        jointly certify to the appropriate congressional committees 
        that Iran has verifiably ended all military dimensions of its 
        nuclear program, including research, development, testing, or 
        fielding related to ballistic missiles capable of carrying a 
        nuclear weapon; and
            (3) there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving 
        the provision of sanctions relief.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 
                on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the 
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
        person that is not a United States person.
            (3) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
        entity.
            (4) Sanctions relief.--The term ``sanctions relief'' means 
        the termination, waiver, deferral, or other suspension of any 
        sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to Iran 
        pursuant to a statute, executive order, or regulation, 
        including sanctions applicable to United States persons and 
        sanctions applicable to foreign persons.
            (5) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
                or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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