[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 472 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 472

To declare that any agreement reached by the President relating to the 
   nuclear program of Iran is deemed a treaty that is subject to the 
       advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2023

 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
  Braun, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. 
Fischer, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, 
    Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
  Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To declare that any agreement reached by the President relating to the 
   nuclear program of Iran is deemed a treaty that is subject to the 
       advice and consent of the Senate, 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 Treaty Act''.

SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS RELATED TO NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN DEEMED TREATIES 
              SUBJECT TO ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.

    (a) Treaty Subject to Advice and Consent of the Senate.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agreement reached by 
the President with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran is 
deemed to be a treaty that is subject to the requirements of article 
II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States 
requiring that the treaty is subject to the advice and consent of the 
Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring.
    (b) Limitation on Sanctions Relief.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide 
relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions under any 
other provision of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions 
pursuant to 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, unless the 
agreement is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate as a 
treaty and receives the concurrence of two-thirds of Senators.
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