[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3372]
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SA 2541. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1226. REVIEW OF REINSTATEMENT OF UNITED STATES SANCTIONS
IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO IRAN AND WAIVED
PURSUANT TO JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a review of the reinstatement by the
United States of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran that
were waived pursuant to the terms of the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description and evaluation of the United States
interagency processes involved in planning for and
implementing the reinstatement of the sanctions described in
subsection (a), from 2017 through 2019.
(2) An analysis of the effect of personnel and resource
shortfalls at the Department of the Treasury and the
Department of State on the implementation of the
reinstatement of such sanctions.
(3) An analysis of the anticipated compliance and
enforcement challenges resulting from unilaterally
reinstating sanctions with respect to Iran.
(c) Interim Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees an
interim briefing on the review required by subsection (a).
(d) Final Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
that includes the results of the review required by
subsection (a).
(e) 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 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, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Joint comprehensive plan of action.--The term ``Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action'' means the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, 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 Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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