[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3505-S3506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2045. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING IRAN DIPLOMACY.

       It is the policy of the United States as follows:
       (1) Achieving a diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear 
     program, one that the United States had in place prior to 
     President Trump's unilateral abrogation from the JCPOA, would 
     represent a meaningful step to preventing a future armed 
     conflict between the United States and Iran, one which would 
     result in the untold loss of life and treasure.
       (2) While the United States no longer has standing in the 
     Joint Commission or the Dispute Resolution mechanism 
     triggered by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom on 
     January 14, 2020, it should support good-faith efforts to 
     achieve one or both of the following:
       (A) Returning all sides to not less than full compliance 
     with its commitments under the JCPOA and refraining from 
     imposing or threatening to impose economic penalties on 
     France, Germany, or the United Kingdom.
       (B) Negotiating an interim agreement that provides Iran 
     with tailored, temporary economic relief in exchange for 
     verifiable measures by Iran that reverses steps taken since 
     May 2019 with respect to its nuclear program.
       (3) Provided that all sides verifiably return to compliance 
     with no less than its commitments under the JCPOA, or to 
     build upon the progress of an interim agreement described in 
     paragraph (2)(B), the United States and the other P5+1 
     parties should seek out negotiations with Iran, prior to 
     2023, towards a new comprehensive agreement that closes off 
     all Iranian paths to a nuclear weapon by--
       (A) addressing the sunset of certain provisions of the 
     JCPOA in 2026; and
       (B) advancing any other measures that advance United States 
     and international security.
       (4) Parallel to one or more of the actions described in 
     paragraph (2), the United States and its international 
     partners should seek to address other aspects of Iran's 
     destabilizing actions in the region and work to bring Iran 
     back to compliance with its human rights obligations.

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       (5) No JCPOA Participating State should issue a claim of 
     ``significant nonperformance'' by Iran to the United Nations 
     Security Council outside of the Dispute Resolution mechanism 
     detailed in paragraphs 36 and 37 of the JCPOA.
       (6) The United States should, consistent with its JCPOA 
     commitments, issue waivers for cooperative projects specified 
     in the JCPOA, all of which make it more difficult for Iran to 
     reconstitute activities that pose a proliferation risk, 
     thereby advancing United States and international security.
       (7) The United States should create an environment in which 
     financial institutions and entities can make practical use of 
     existing exemptions and mechanisms ``allowing for the sale of 
     agricultural commodities, food, medicine, and medical devices 
     to Iran,'' as well as other humanitarian trade.
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