[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          OBLIGATIONS UNDER IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT REVIEW ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, yesterday I joined Speaker Boehner, 
Senator Cotton, and Congressman Pompeo in sending a letter to the 
administration with a simple request: that the administration meet its 
full obligations to Congress under the terms of the bipartisan Iran 
Nuclear Agreement Review Act--a law both parties supported 
overwhelmingly just this spring. The law gives Congress the right to 
review all of the elements of an agreement struck between the White 
House and Iran and then take a vote on it.
  The law is clear, but the administration has not submitted the side 
agreements between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran to 
the Senate, withholding the text from both Democrats and Republicans in 
Congress. And since the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act was signed 
into law prior to the completion of the negotiation in Vienna, 
Secretary Kerry was fully aware--fully aware--of the requirement in law 
to submit the side deal to Congress.
  Congress cannot properly carry out its obligation to the American 
people until the administration fulfills its legal obligation to the 
American people and to Congress, so we are calling on the 
administration to do that immediately.

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