[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S322-S323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE RESOLUTION 31--EXPRESSING THE SENATE'S OPPOSITION TO THE 
                       CURRENT, INEFFECTIVE JCPOA

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

                               S. Res. 31

       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

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       (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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