[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 31 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 31

 Expressing the Senate's opposition to the current, ineffective JCPOA.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2021

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Ms. Ernst) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the Senate's opposition to the current, ineffective JCPOA.

Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (referred to in this preamble as 
        the ``JCPOA'') was agreed to in July 2015 by the Islamic Republic of 
        Iran, the United States, and 5 other major world powers, and was 
        formally adopted in October 2015;
Whereas in October 2015, Iran conducted a ballistic missile test in violation of 
        United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015);
Whereas in November 2015, Iran tested 2 medium-range ballistic missile capable 
        of carrying multiple warheads;
Whereas in March 2016, Iran launched 2 ballistic missiles;
Whereas in April 2018, Iran issued one of its many threats to annihilate Israel;
Whereas in May 2019, Iran, while still obligated to the terms of the JCPOA, 
        announced that it will not be bound to limits on heavy water and 
        enriched uranium stockpiles;
Whereas in July 2019--

    (1) Iran exceeded limitations imposed by the JCPOA on its enriched 
uranium stockpile; and

    (2) the International Atomic Energy Agency (referred to in this 
preamble as the ``IAEA'') verified that Iran had stockpiled enriched 
uranium in excess of the 300 kilograms limit;

Whereas in September 2019--

    (1) Iran announced that it will continue to advance centrifuges, which 
is a violation of the JCPOA; and

    (2) the IAEA verified that Iran had started to install advanced 
centrifuges that exceeds the permitted amount under the JCPOA;

Whereas in November 2019--

    (1) the IAEA verified that Iranian technicians began to enrich uranium 
up to 4.5 percent, which is greater than the JCPOA limit of 3.67 percent; 
and

    (2) Iran breached the heavy water stockpile cap that was imposed by the 
JCPOA; and

Whereas in January 2021, Iran started installing equipment for the production of 
        uranium metal, which violates the JCPOA:
Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) urges the President not to return the United States to 
        the JCPOA unless--
                    (A) the JCPOA is revised to verifiably and 
                permanently remove Iran's ability to develop nuclear 
                weapons and produce ballistic missiles;
                    (B) the JCPOA is revised to require Iran to 
                eliminate its nuclear infrastructure because Iranian 
                ability to enrich uranium (even if enrichment is 
                ostensibly for peaceful purposes) inevitably leads to a 
                nuclear weapons capable regime and spurs proliferation 
                in the region;
                    (C) Israel and other United States allies in the 
                Middle East are consulted and their views are 
                incorporated into the revised JCPOA;
                    (D) Iran is required to refrain from sponsoring, 
                aiding, or abetting terrorist proxies and militias;
                    (E) international inspectors are provided with 
                unlimited and immediate access to any suspect 
                enrichment or weaponization site; and
                    (F) Iran--
                            (i) verifiably and completely reveals all 
                        of its undeclared nuclear activities discovered 
                        in the ``Iran Nuclear Archives'' and publicized 
                        in April 2018; and
                            (ii) ceases to develop missiles capable of 
                        carrying nuclear warheads;
            (2) strongly recommends that United States sanctions 
        against the Iranian regime remain in place until Iran has 
        complied with all the elements of the revised JCPOA; and
            (3) condemns any attempt by the President to circumvent 
        Congress on this issue.
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