[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5542-5551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1132. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 26, line 23, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) the President determines Iran's leaders have 
     publically accepted Israel's right to exist as a Jewish 
     state.
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  SA 1133. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 30, strike line 15 and all that follows 
     through page 34, line 11, and insert the following: ``any 
     such sanctions or facilitate the release of funds or assets 
     to Iran pursuant to an agreement described in subsection (a).
       ``(4) Limitation on actions during presidential 
     consideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 
     provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
     statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision 
     of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions or 
     facilitate the release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to 
     an agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of 12 
     calendar days following the date of passage of the joint 
     resolution of disapproval.
       ``(5) Limitation on actions during congressional 
     reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, and the President vetoes such joint resolution, the 
     President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions or facilitate the 
     release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to an agreement 
     described in subsection (a) for a period of 10 calendar days 
     following the date of the President's veto.
       ``(6) Exception.--The prohibitions under paragraphs (3) 
     through (5) do not apply to any new deferral, waiver, or 
     other suspension of statutory sanctions pursuant to the Joint 
     Plan of Action if that deferral, waiver, or other suspension 
     is made--
       ``(A) consistent with the law in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 45 calendar days before the 
     transmission by the President of an agreement, assessment 
     report, and certification under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Effect of Congressional Action With Respect to 
     Nuclear Agreements With Iran.--
       ``(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       ``(A) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran by Congress is 
     primarily responsible for bringing Iran to the table to 
     negotiate on its nuclear program;
       ``(B) these negotiations are a critically important matter 
     of national security and foreign policy for the United States 
     and its closest allies;
       ``(C) this section does not require a vote by Congress for 
     the agreement to commence;
       ``(D) this section provides for congressional review, 
     including, as appropriate, for approval, disapproval, or no 
     action on statutory sanctions relief under an agreement; and
       ``(E) even though the agreement may commence, because the 
     sanctions regime was imposed by Congress and only Congress 
     can permanently modify or eliminate that regime, it is 
     critically important that Congress have the opportunity, in 
     an orderly and deliberative manner, to consider and, as 
     appropriate, take action affecting the statutory sanctions 
     regime imposed by Congress.
       ``(2) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States pursuant to an agreement subject 
     to subsection (a) or the Joint Plan of Action--
       ``(A) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, during the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and 
     there is enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance 
     that the Congress does favor the agreement;

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       ``(B) may not be taken if, during the period for review 
     provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and there is 
     enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance that the 
     Congress does not favor the agreement; or
       ``(C) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, following the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), there is not enacted any 
     such joint resolution.
       ``(3) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
     phrase ``action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States'' shall include waiver, 
     suspension, reduction, or other effort to provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to, Iran or to facilitate the release 
     of funds or assets to Iran under
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  SA 1134. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 26, line 23, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) all United States citizens unjustly detained by 
     Iran, including Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, and Saeed 
     Abedini, have been released from Iranian custody, and the 
     Government of Iran is fully cooperating in efforts to locate 
     Robert Levinson.
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  SA 1135. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 51, line 2, insert ``and any related agreements, 
     including draft United Nations Security Council resolutions 
     or agreed parameters for such resolutions'' after 
     ``parties''.
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  SA 1136. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 42, line 7, insert ``, and pursuing United Nations 
     consideration of an agreement prior to Congress would 
     undermine the appropriate role of Congress'' after 
     ``Congress''.
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  SA 1137. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 26, line 23, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) the President determines that no sanctions relief 
     provided under the agreement will be provided from sanctions 
     imposed by Congress or the Executive Branch due to Iran's 
     support for terrorism, its ballistic missile programs, or its 
     human rights abuses against the people of Iran or will 
     undermine the effectiveness of such sanctions.''.
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  SA 1138. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       ``(7) Limitation on actions based on detention of united 
     states citizens.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) until the Government of 
     Iran releases to the United States the following United 
     States citizens:
       ``(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been detained in Iran 
     on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 
     2012.
       ``(B) Amir Hekmati of Michigan, who has been imprisoned in 
     Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011.
       ``(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as an Iranian 
     government credentialed reporter for the Washington Post, has 
     been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014.
       ``(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was abducted on Kish 
     Island in March 2007.
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  SA 1139. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       ``(7) Limitation on actions based on detention of united 
     states citizens.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) until the Government of 
     Iran releases to the United States the following United 
     States citizens:
       ``(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been detained in Iran 
     on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 
     2012.
       ``(B) Amir Hekmati of Michigan, who has been imprisoned in 
     Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011.
       ``(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as an Iranian 
     government credentialed reporter for the Washington Post, has 
     been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014.
       ``(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was abducted on Kish 
     Island in March 2007.
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  SA 1140. Mr. CORKER (for himself and Mr. Cardin) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; as 
follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nuclear Agreement 
     Review Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF AGREEMENTS WITH 
                   IRAN RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN.

       The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 
     amended by inserting after section 134 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 135. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF AGREEMENTS 
                   WITH IRAN.

       ``(a) Transmission to Congress of Nuclear Agreements With 
     Iran and Verification Assessment With Respect to Such 
     Agreements.--
       ``(1) Transmission of agreements.--Not later than 5 
     calendar days after reaching an agreement with Iran relating 
     to the nuclear program of Iran, the President shall transmit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership--
       ``(A) the agreement, as defined in subsection (h)(1), 
     including all related materials and annexes;
       ``(B) a verification assessment report of the Secretary of 
     State prepared under paragraph (2) with respect to the 
     agreement; and
       ``(C) a certification that--
       ``(i) the agreement includes the appropriate terms, 
     conditions, and duration of the agreement's requirements with 
     respect to Iran's nuclear activities and provisions 
     describing any sanctions to be waived, suspended, or 
     otherwise reduced by the United States, and any other nation 
     or entity, including the United Nations; and
       ``(ii) the President determines the agreement meets United 
     States non-proliferation objectives, does not jeopardize the 
     common defense and security, provides an adequate framework 
     to ensure that Iran's nuclear activities permitted thereunder 
     will not be inimical to or constitute an unreasonable risk to 
     the common defense and security, and ensures that Iran's 
     nuclear activities permitted thereunder will not be used to 
     further any nuclear-related military or nuclear explosive 
     purpose, including for any research on or development of any 
     nuclear explosive device or any other nuclear-related 
     military purpose.
       ``(2) Verification assessment report.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State shall prepare, 
     with respect to an agreement described in paragraph (1), a 
     report assessing--
       ``(i) the extent to which the Secretary will be able to 
     verify that Iran is complying with

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     its obligations and commitments under the agreement;
       ``(ii) the adequacy of the safeguards and other control 
     mechanisms and other assurances contained in the agreement 
     with respect to Iran's nuclear program to ensure Iran's 
     activities permitted thereunder will not be used to further 
     any nuclear-related military or nuclear explosive purpose, 
     including for any research on or development of any nuclear 
     explosive device or any other nuclear-related military 
     purpose; and
       ``(iii) the capacity and capability of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency to effectively implement the 
     verification regime required by or related to the agreement, 
     including whether the International Atomic Energy Agency will 
     have sufficient access to investigate suspicious sites or 
     allegations of covert nuclear-related activities and whether 
     it has the required funding, manpower, and authority to 
     undertake the verification regime required by or related to 
     the agreement.
       ``(B) Assumptions.--In preparing a report under 
     subparagraph (A) with respect to an agreement described in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assume that Iran could--
       ``(i) use all measures not expressly prohibited by the 
     agreement to conceal activities that violate its obligations 
     and commitments under the agreement; and
       ``(ii) alter or deviate from standard practices in order to 
     impede efforts to verify that Iran is complying with those 
     obligations and commitments.
       ``(C) Classified annex.--A report under subparagraph (A) 
     shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but shall include 
     a classified annex prepared in consultation with the Director 
     of National Intelligence, summarizing relevant classified 
     information.
       ``(3) Exception.--
       ``(A) In general.--Neither the requirements of 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), nor subsections 
     (b) through (g) of this section, shall apply to an agreement 
     described in subsection (h)(5) or to the EU-Iran Joint 
     Statement made on April 2, 2015.
       ``(B) Additional requirement.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
     (A), any agreement as defined in subsection (h)(1) and any 
     related materials, whether concluded before or after the date 
     of the enactment of this section, shall not be subject to the 
     exception in subparagraph (A).
       ``(b) Period for Review by Congress of Nuclear Agreements 
     With Iran.--
       ``(1) In general.--During the 30-calendar day period 
     following transmittal by the President of an agreement 
     pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives shall, as appropriate, hold 
     hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information in 
     order to fully review such agreement.
       ``(2) Exception.--The period for congressional review under 
     paragraph (1) shall be 60 calendar days if an agreement, 
     including all materials required to be transmitted to 
     Congress pursuant to subsection (a)(1), is transmitted 
     pursuant to subsection (a) between July 10, 2015, and 
     September 7, 2015.
       ``(3) Limitation on actions during initial congressional 
     review period.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     except as provided in paragraph (6), prior to and during the 
     period for transmission of an agreement in subsection (a)(1) 
     and during the period for congressional review provided in 
     paragraph (1), including any additional period as applicable 
     under the exception provided in paragraph (2), the President 
     may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or 
     otherwise limit the application of statutory sanctions with 
     respect to Iran under any provision of law or refrain from 
     applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement 
     described in subsection (a).
       ``(4) Limitation on actions during presidential 
     consideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 
     provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
     statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision 
     of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant 
     to an agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of 
     12 calendar days following the date of passage of the joint 
     resolution of disapproval.
       ``(5) Limitation on actions during congressional 
     reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, and the President vetoes such joint resolution, the 
     President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of 10 
     calendar days following the date of the President's veto.
       ``(6) Exception.--The prohibitions under paragraphs (3) 
     through (5) do not apply to any new deferral, waiver, or 
     other suspension of statutory sanctions pursuant to the Joint 
     Plan of Action if that deferral, waiver, or other suspension 
     is made--
       ``(A) consistent with the law in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 45 calendar days before the 
     transmission by the President of an agreement, assessment 
     report, and certification under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Effect of Congressional Action With Respect to 
     Nuclear Agreements With Iran.--
       ``(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       ``(A) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran by Congress is 
     primarily responsible for bringing Iran to the table to 
     negotiate on its nuclear program;
       ``(B) these negotiations are a critically important matter 
     of national security and foreign policy for the United States 
     and its closest allies;
       ``(C) this section does not require a vote by Congress for 
     the agreement to commence;
       ``(D) this section provides for congressional review, 
     including, as appropriate, for approval, disapproval, or no 
     action on statutory sanctions relief under an agreement; and
       ``(E) even though the agreement may commence, because the 
     sanctions regime was imposed by Congress and only Congress 
     can permanently modify or eliminate that regime, it is 
     critically important that Congress have the opportunity, in 
     an orderly and deliberative manner, to consider and, as 
     appropriate, take action affecting the statutory sanctions 
     regime imposed by Congress.
       ``(2) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States pursuant to an agreement subject 
     to subsection (a) or the Joint Plan of Action--
       ``(A) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, during the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and 
     there is enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance 
     that the Congress does favor the agreement;
       ``(B) may not be taken if, during the period for review 
     provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and there is 
     enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance that the 
     Congress does not favor the agreement; or
       ``(C) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, following the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), there is not enacted any 
     such joint resolution.
       ``(3) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
     phrase `action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States' shall include waiver, 
     suspension, reduction, or other effort to provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to, Iran under any provision of law or 
     any other effort to refrain from applying any such sanctions.
       ``(d) Congressional Oversight of Iranian Compliance With 
     Nuclear Agreements.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall keep the appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership fully and currently 
     informed of all aspects of Iranian compliance with respect to 
     an agreement subject to subsection (a).
       ``(2) Potentially significant breaches and compliance 
     incidents.--The President shall, within 10 calendar days of 
     receiving credible and accurate information relating to a 
     potentially significant breach or compliance incident by Iran 
     with respect to an agreement subject to subsection (a), 
     submit such information to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership.
       ``(3) Material breach report.--Not later than 30 calendar 
     days after submitting information about a potentially 
     significant breach or compliance incident pursuant to 
     paragraph (2), the President shall make a determination 
     whether such potentially significant breach or compliance 
     issue constitutes a material breach and, if there is such a 
     material breach, whether Iran has cured such material breach, 
     and shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
     and leadership such determination, accompanied by, as 
     appropriate, a report on the action or failure to act by Iran 
     that led to the material breach, actions necessary for Iran 
     to cure the breach, and the status of Iran's efforts to cure 
     the breach.
       ``(4) Semi-annual report.--Not later than 180 calendar days 
     after entering into an agreement described in subsection (a), 
     and not less frequently than once every 180 calendar days 
     thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership a report on Iran's 
     nuclear program and the compliance of Iran with the agreement 
     during the period covered by the report, including the 
     following elements:
       ``(A) Any action or failure to act by Iran that breached 
     the agreement or is in noncompliance with the terms of the 
     agreement.
       ``(B) Any delay by Iran of more than one week in providing 
     inspectors access to facilities, people, and documents in 
     Iran as required by the agreement.
       ``(C) Any progress made by Iran to resolve concerns by the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency about possible military 
     dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
       ``(D) Any procurement by Iran of materials in violation of 
     the agreement or which could

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     otherwise significantly advance Iran's ability to obtain a 
     nuclear weapon.
       ``(E) Any centrifuge research and development conducted by 
     Iran that--
       ``(i) is not in compliance with the agreement; or
       ``(ii) may substantially enhance the breakout time of 
     acquisition of a nuclear weapon by Iran, if deployed.
       ``(F) Any diversion by Iran of uranium, carbon-fiber, or 
     other materials for use in Iran's nuclear program in 
     violation of the agreement.
       ``(G) Any covert nuclear activities undertaken by Iran, 
     including any covert nuclear weapons-related or covert 
     fissile material activities or research and development.
       ``(H) An assessment of whether any Iranian financial 
     institutions are engaged in money laundering or terrorist 
     finance activities, including names of specific financial 
     institutions if applicable.
       ``(I) Iran's advances in its ballistic missile program, 
     including developments related to its long-range and inter-
     continental ballistic missile programs.
       ``(J) An assessment of--
       ``(i) whether Iran directly supported, financed, planned, 
     or carried out an act of terrorism against the United States 
     or a United States person anywhere in the world;
       ``(ii) whether, and the extent to which, Iran supported 
     acts of terrorism, including acts of terrorism against the 
     United States or a United States person anywhere in the 
     world;
       ``(iii) all actions, including in international fora, being 
     taken by the United States to stop, counter, and condemn acts 
     by Iran to directly or indirectly carry out acts of terrorism 
     against the United States and United States persons;
       ``(iv) the impact on the national security of the United 
     States and the safety of United States citizens as a result 
     of any Iranian actions reported under this paragraph; and
       ``(v) all of the sanctions relief provided to Iran, 
     pursuant to the agreement, and a description of the 
     relationship between each sanction waived, suspended, or 
     deferred and Iran's nuclear weapon's program.
       ``(K) An assessment of whether violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights in Iran have changed, 
     increased, or decreased, as compared to the prior 180-day 
     period.
       ``(5) Additional reports and information.--
       ``(A) Agency reports.--Following submission of an agreement 
     pursuant to subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership, the Department of State, the 
     Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall, 
     upon the request of any of those committees or leadership, 
     promptly furnish to those committees or leadership their 
     views as to whether the safeguards and other controls 
     contained in the agreement with respect to Iran's nuclear 
     program provide an adequate framework to ensure that Iran's 
     activities permitted thereunder will not be inimical to or 
     constitute an unreasonable risk to the common defense and 
     security.
       ``(B) Provision of information on nuclear initiatives with 
     iran.--The President shall keep the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership fully and currently informed of any 
     initiative or negotiations with Iran relating to Iran's 
     nuclear program, including any new or amended agreement.
       ``(6) Compliance certification.--After the review period 
     provided in subsection (b), the President shall, not less 
     than every 90 calendar days--
       ``(A) determine whether the President is able to certify 
     that--
       ``(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and fully 
     implementing the agreement, including all related technical 
     or additional agreements;
       ``(ii) Iran has not committed a material breach with 
     respect to the agreement or, if Iran has committed a material 
     breach, Iran has cured the material breach;
       ``(iii) Iran has not taken any action, including covert 
     action, that could significantly advance its nuclear weapons 
     program; and
       ``(iv) suspension of sanctions related to Iran pursuant to 
     the agreement is--

       ``(I) appropriate and proportionate to the specific and 
     verifiable measures taken by Iran with respect to terminating 
     its illicit nuclear program; and
       ``(II) vital to the national security interests of the 
     United States; and

       ``(B) if the President determines he is able to make the 
     certification described in subparagraph (A), make such 
     certification to the appropriate congressional committees and 
     leadership.
       ``(7) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       ``(A) United States sanctions on Iran for terrorism, human 
     rights abuses, and ballistic missiles will remain in place 
     under an agreement, as defined in subsection (h)(1);
       ``(B) issues not addressed by an agreement on the nuclear 
     program of Iran, including fair and appropriate compensation 
     for Americans who were terrorized and subjected to torture 
     while held in captivity for 444 days after the seizure of the 
     United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in 1979 and their 
     families, the freedom of Americans held in Iran, the human 
     rights abuses of the Government of Iran against its own 
     people, and the continued support of terrorism worldwide by 
     the Government of Iran, are matters critical to ensure 
     justice and the national security of the United States, and 
     should be expeditiously addressed;
       ``(C) the President should determine the agreement in no 
     way compromises the commitment of the United States to 
     Israel's security, nor its support for Israel's right to 
     exist; and
       ``(D) in order to responsibly implement any long-term 
     agreement reached between the P5+1 countries and Iran, it is 
     critically important that Congress have the opportunity to 
     review any agreement and, as necessary, take action to modify 
     the statutory sanctions regime imposed by Congress.
       ``(e) Expedited Consideration of Legislation.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the event the President does not 
     submit a certification pursuant to subsection (d)(6) or has 
     determined pursuant to subsection (d)(3) that Iran has 
     materially breached an agreement subject to subsection (a) 
     and the material breach has not been cured, Congress may 
     initiate within 60 calendar days expedited consideration of 
     qualifying legislation pursuant to this subsection.
       ``(2) Qualifying legislation defined.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `qualifying legislation' means only a 
     bill of either House of Congress--
       ``(A) the title of which is as follows: `A bill reinstating 
     statutory sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.'; and
       ``(B) the matter after the enacting clause of which is: 
     `Any statutory sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 
     pursuant to ______ that were waived, suspended, reduced, or 
     otherwise relieved pursuant to an agreement submitted 
     pursuant to section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
     are hereby reinstated and any action by the United States 
     Government to facilitate the release of funds or assets to 
     Iran pursuant to such agreement, or provide any further 
     waiver, suspension, reduction, or other relief pursuant to 
     such agreement is hereby prohibited.', with the blank space 
     being filled in with the law or laws under which sanctions 
     are to be reinstated.
       ``(3) Introduction.--During the 60-calendar day period 
     provided for in paragraph (1), qualifying legislation may be 
     introduced--
       ``(A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority 
     leader or the minority leader; and
       ``(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
     majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the 
     minority leader's designee).
       ``(4) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--
       ``(A) Reporting and discharge.--If a committee of the House 
     to which qualifying legislation has been referred has not 
     reported such qualifying legislation within 10 legislative 
     days after the date of referral, that committee shall be 
     discharged from further consideration thereof.
       ``(B) Proceeding to consideration.--Beginning on the third 
     legislative day after each committee to which qualifying 
     legislation has been referred reports it to the House or has 
     been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall 
     be in order to move to proceed to consider the qualifying 
     legislation in the House. All points of order against the 
     motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order after 
     the House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
     qualifying legislation with regard to the same agreement. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
     shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
     which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
       ``(C) Consideration.--The qualifying legislation shall be 
     considered as read. All points of order against the 
     qualifying legislation and against its consideration are 
     waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
     on the qualifying legislation to final passage without 
     intervening motion except two hours of debate equally divided 
     and controlled by the sponsor of the qualifying legislation 
     (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 
     vote on passage of the qualifying legislation shall not be in 
     order.
       ``(5) Consideration in the senate.--
       ``(A) Committee referral.--Qualifying legislation 
     introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       ``(B) Reporting and discharge.--If the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations has not reported such qualifying legislation within 
     10 session days after the date of referral of such 
     legislation, that committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of such legislation and the qualifying 
     legislation shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
       ``(C) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding Rule 
     XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at 
     any time after the committee authorized to consider 
     qualifying legislation reports it to the Senate or has been 
     discharged from its consideration (even though a previous 
     motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
     proceed to the consideration of qualifying legislation, and 
     all points of order

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     against qualifying legislation (and against consideration of 
     the qualifying legislation) are waived. The motion to proceed 
     is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to 
     postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
     is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a 
     motion to proceed to the consideration of the qualifying 
     legislation is agreed to, the qualifying legislation shall 
     remain the unfinished business until disposed of.
       ``(D) Debate.--Debate on qualifying legislation, and on all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
     be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
     equally between the majority and minority leaders or their 
     designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order and 
     not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a 
     motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or 
     a motion to recommit the qualifying legislation is not in 
     order.
       ``(E) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur 
     immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the 
     qualifying legislation and a single quorum call at the 
     conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance with the 
     rules of the Senate.
       ``(F) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
     decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
     relating to qualifying legislation shall be decided without 
     debate.
       ``(G) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with respect to qualifying legislation, 
     including all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
     with such qualifying legislation, shall be limited to 10 
     hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
     majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
       ``(6) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       ``(A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by one House of qualifying legislation of that 
     House, that House receives qualifying legislation from the 
     other House, then the following procedures shall apply:
       ``(i) The qualifying legislation of the other House shall 
     not be referred to a committee.
       ``(ii) With respect to qualifying legislation of the House 
     receiving the legislation--

       ``(I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if 
     no qualifying legislation had been received from the other 
     House; but
       ``(II) the vote on passage shall be on the qualifying 
     legislation of the other House.

       ``(B) Treatment of a bill of other house.--If one House 
     fails to introduce qualifying legislation under this section, 
     the qualifying legislation of the other House shall be 
     entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section.
       ``(C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
     passage of the qualifying legislation in the Senate, the 
     Senate then receives a companion measure from the House of 
     Representatives, the companion measure shall not be 
     debatable.
       ``(D) Application to revenue measures.--The provisions of 
     this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
     Representatives to qualifying legislation which is a revenue 
     measure.
       ``(f) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--
     Subsection (e) is enacted by Congress--
       ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
     followed in that House in the case of legislation described 
     in those sections, and supersede other rules only to the 
     extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and
       ``(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.
       ``(g) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in the section shall 
     be construed as--
       ``(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, the 
     President's authority to negotiate, enter into, or implement 
     appropriate executive agreements, other than the restrictions 
     on implementation of the agreements specifically covered by 
     this section;
       ``(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, reduction, or 
     other relief from statutory sanctions with respect to Iran 
     under any provision of law, or allowing the President to 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) during the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b);
       ``(3) revoking or terminating any statutory sanctions 
     imposed on Iran; or
       ``(4) authorizing the use of military force against Iran.
       ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Agreement.--The term `agreement' means 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.
       ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
     Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial 
     Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       ``(3) Appropriate congressional committees and 
     leadership.--The term `appropriate congressional committees 
     and leadership' means the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations, and 
     the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial 
     Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, Majority 
     Leader, and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
       ``(4) Iranian financial institution.--The term `Iranian 
     financial institution' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 104A(d) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
     Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
     8513b(d)).
       ``(5) Joint plan of action.--The term `Joint Plan of 
     Action' means the Joint Plan of Action, signed at Geneva 
     November 24, 2013, 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 Plan of Action, 
     including the technical understandings reached on January 12, 
     2014, the extension thereto agreed to on July 18, 2014, the 
     extension agreed to on November 24, 2014, and any materially 
     identical extension that is agreed to on or after the date of 
     the enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 
     2015.
       ``(6) EU-iran joint statement.--The term `EU-Iran Joint 
     Statement' means only the Joint Statement by EU High 
     Representative Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign 
     Minister Javad Zarif made on April 2, 2015, at Lausanne, 
     Switzerland.
       ``(7) Material breach.--The term `material breach' means, 
     with respect to an agreement described in subsection (a), any 
     breach of the agreement, or in the case of non-binding 
     commitments, any failure to perform those commitments, that 
     substantially--
       ``(A) benefits Iran's nuclear program;
       ``(B) decreases the amount of time required by Iran to 
     achieve a nuclear weapon; or
       ``(C) deviates from or undermines the purposes of such 
     agreement.
       ``(8) Noncompliance defined.--The term `noncompliance' 
     means any departure from the terms of an agreement described 
     in subsection (a) that is not a material breach.
       ``(9) P5+1 countries.--The term `P5+1 countries' means the 
     United States, France, the Russian Federation, the People's 
     Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
       ``(10) United states person.--The term `United States 
     person' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the 
     Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
     Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1141. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Toomey) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 15, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) the President determines Iran's leaders have 
     publically accepted Israel's right to exist as a Jewish 
     state.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1142. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 19, line 7, insert ``, and pursuing United Nations 
     consideration of an agreement prior to Congress would 
     undermine the

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     appropriate role of Congress'' after ``Congress''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1143. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 28, line 11, insert ``and any related agreements, 
     including draft United Nations Security Council resolutions 
     or agreed parameters for such resolutions'' after 
     ``parties''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1144. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 7, line 10, strike ``any such sanctions'' 
     and all that follows through ``under'' on page 11, line 7, 
     and insert the following: ``any such sanctions or facilitate 
     the release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a).
       ``(4) Limitation on actions during presidential 
     consideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 
     provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
     statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision 
     of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions or 
     facilitate the release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to 
     an agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of 12 
     calendar days following the date of passage of the joint 
     resolution of disapproval.
       ``(5) Limitation on actions during congressional 
     reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
     provided in paragraph (6), if a joint resolution of 
     disapproval described in subsection (c)(2)(B) passes the 
     Congress, and the President vetoes such joint resolution, the 
     President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions or facilitate the 
     release of funds or assets to Iran pursuant to an agreement 
     described in subsection (a) for a period of 10 calendar days 
     following the date of the President's veto.
       ``(6) Exception.--The prohibitions under paragraphs (3) 
     through (5) do not apply to any new deferral, waiver, or 
     other suspension of statutory sanctions pursuant to the Joint 
     Plan of Action if that deferral, waiver, or other suspension 
     is made--
       ``(A) consistent with the law in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 45 calendar days before the 
     transmission by the President of an agreement, assessment 
     report, and certification under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Effect of Congressional Action With Respect to 
     Nuclear Agreements With Iran.--
       ``(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       ``(A) the sanctions regime imposed on Iran by Congress is 
     primarily responsible for bringing Iran to the table to 
     negotiate on its nuclear program;
       ``(B) these negotiations are a critically important matter 
     of national security and foreign policy for the United States 
     and its closest allies;
       ``(C) this section does not require a vote by Congress for 
     the agreement to commence;
       ``(D) this section provides for congressional review, 
     including, as appropriate, for approval, disapproval, or no 
     action on statutory sanctions relief under an agreement; and
       ``(E) even though the agreement may commence, because the 
     sanctions regime was imposed by Congress and only Congress 
     can permanently modify or eliminate that regime, it is 
     critically important that Congress have the opportunity, in 
     an orderly and deliberative manner, to consider and, as 
     appropriate, take action affecting the statutory sanctions 
     regime imposed by Congress.
       ``(2) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States pursuant to an agreement subject 
     to subsection (a) or the Joint Plan of Action--
       ``(A) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, during the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and 
     there is enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance 
     that the Congress does favor the agreement;
       ``(B) may not be taken if, during the period for review 
     provided in subsection (b), the Congress adopts, and there is 
     enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance that the 
     Congress does not favor the agreement; or
       ``(C) may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, if, following the period for 
     review provided in subsection (b), there is not enacted any 
     such joint resolution.
       ``(3) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
     phrase ``action involving any measure of statutory sanctions 
     relief by the United States'' shall include waiver, 
     suspension, reduction, or other effort to provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to, Iran or to facilitate the release 
     of funds or assets to Iran under
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1145. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 15, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) all United States citizens unjustly detained by 
     Iran, including Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, and Saeed 
     Abedini, have been released from Iranian custody, and the 
     Government of Iran is fully cooperating in efforts to locate 
     Robert Levinson.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1146. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 15, strike ``purpose.'' and insert the 
     following: ``purpose; and
       ``(iii) the President determines that no sanctions relief 
     provided under the agreement will be provided from sanctions 
     imposed by Congress or the Executive Branch due to Iran's 
     support for terrorism, its ballistic missile programs, or its 
     human rights abuses against the people of Iran or will 
     undermine the effectiveness of such sanctions.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1147. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
Rubio, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Lee) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 17, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       ``(v) Iran has not directly supported or carried out an act 
     of terrorism against the United States or a United States 
     person anywhere in the world; and
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1148. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING SANCTIONS RELIEF.

       The President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary 
     of State, and any other Executive branch officer or agency 
     may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or 
     otherwise limit the application of statutory sanctions with 
     respect to Iran under any provision of law or refrain from 
     applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement 
     described under section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954, as added by section 2 of this Act, until the President 
     certifies to Congress that the Government of Iran has fully 
     and verifiably--
       (1) reduced by approximately two-thirds its installed 
     centrifuges, with the remaining 6,104 centrifuges being IR-
     1s, Iran's first-generation centrifuge;
       (2) halted any uranium enrichment over 3.67 percent and 
     agreed to continue to do so for at least 15 years;
       (3) reduced its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to 300 
     kilograms of 3.67 percent low-enriched uranium (LEU);

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       (4) placed all excess centrifuges and enrichment 
     infrastructure in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
     monitored storage to be used only as replacements for 
     operating centrifuges and equipment;
       (5) agreed to not build any new facilities for the purpose 
     of enriching uranium for 15 years;
       (6) halted enrichment of uranium at the Fordow facility and 
     agreed to continue this moratorium for 15 years;
       (7) converted the Fordow facility into a nuclear, physics, 
     technology, and research center for peaceful purposes only;
       (8) halted research and development associated with uranium 
     enrichment at Fordow and agreed to continue this moratorium 
     for 15 years;
       (9) removed almost two-thirds of Fordow's centrifuges and 
     infrastructure, ensured that the remaining centrifuges are 
     not enriching uranium, and placed all centrifuges and related 
     infrastructure under IAEA monitoring;
       (10) removed advanced centrifuges at Natanz, and is only 
     enriching uranium using IR-1 models and has agreed to 
     continue this arrangement for 10 years;
       (11) removed the 1,000 IR-2M centrifuges currently 
     installed at Natanz and placed them in IAEA-monitored storage 
     and agreed to keep them there for 10 years;
       (12) halted use of its IR-2, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, or IR-8 
     models to produce enriched uranium and committed to continue 
     this for at least ten years.
       (13) begun to abide by the schedule and parameters for 
     limited centrifuge research and development agreed to by the 
     P5+1 countries;
       (14) provided regular access to all of Iran's nuclear 
     facilities, including to Iran's enrichment facility at Natanz 
     and its former enrichment facility at Fordow, and is allowing 
     the use of the most up-to-date, modern monitoring 
     technologies;
       (15) provided inspectors with access to the supply chain 
     that supports Iran's nuclear program;
       (16) provided access to uranium mines and continuous 
     surveillance at uranium mills, where Iran produces 
     yellowcake, and has committed to continue to do so for 25 
     years;
       (17) provided inspectors with access to allow continuous 
     surveillance of Iran's centrifuge rotors and bellows 
     production and storage facilities, and has committed to 
     continue to do so for 20 years;
       (18) placed all centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure 
     removed from Fordow and Natanz under continuous monitoring by 
     the IAEA;
       (19) begun to use only the dedicated procurement channel 
     for Iran's nuclear program to monitor and approve, on a case 
     by case basis, the supply, sale, or transfer to Iran of 
     certain nuclear-related and dual use materials and 
     technology;
       (20) implemented the Additional Protocol of the IAEA and 
     committed to adhere to the Additional Protocol permanently;
       (21) committed to grant access to the IAEA to investigate 
     any suspicious sites or allegations of a covert enrichment 
     facility, conversion facility, centrifuge production 
     facility, or yellowcake production facility anywhere in the 
     country, including at military sites;
       (22) implemented Modified Code 3.1 requiring early 
     notification of construction of new facilities;
       (23) redesigned and rebuilt the heavy water research 
     reactor in Arak based on a design agreed to by the P5+1 
     countries and ensured that the reactor will not produce 
     weapons grade plutonium;
       (24) destroyed or removed from the country the original 
     core of the Arak reactor;
       (25) committed to ship all spent fuel from the Arak reactor 
     out of the country;
       (26) halted any reprocessing or reprocessing research and 
     development on spent nuclear fuel;
       (27) committed to not accumulate heavy water in excess of 
     the needs of the modified Arak reactor, and to sell any 
     remaining heavy water on the international market for 15 
     years; and
       (28) halted building of any additional heavy water reactors 
     and committed to continue this moratorium for 15 years.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1149. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT.

       (a) In General.--Any agreement with Iran relating to the 
     nuclear program of Iran is a congressional-executive 
     agreement to be considered under expedited procedure in both 
     houses of Congress.
       (b) Expedited Consideration of Joint Resolution of 
     Approval.--
       (1) In general.--In the event the President transmits to 
     the appropriate congressional committees an agreement with 
     Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran, Congress may 
     initiate within 60 days expedited consideration of a joint 
     resolution of approval pursuant to this paragraph.
       (2) Joint resolution of approval defined.--For purposes of 
     this subsection, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' 
     means only a joint resolution introduced after the date on 
     which the President transmits to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an agreement described in paragraph 
     (1) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
     follows: ``That Congress approves the agreement submitted to 
     Congress related to the nuclear program of Iran on _____.'', 
     with the blank space being filled with the appropriate date.
       (3) Introduction.--During the 60-day period provided for in 
     paragraph (1), a joint resolution of approval may be 
     introduced--
       (A) in the House of Representatives, by any member of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       (B) in the Senate, by any member of the Senate.
       (4) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of approval 
     introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and in the House of Representatives to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       (5) Discharge.--If the committee of either House to which a 
     joint resolution of approval has been referred has not 
     reported such resolution within 10 session days after the 
     date of referral of such resolution, that committee shall be 
     discharged from further consideration of such resolution and 
     the joint resolution of approval shall be placed on the 
     appropriate calendar.
       (6) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--
       (A) Proceeding to consideration.--After each committee 
     authorized to consider a joint resolution of approval reports 
     it to the House of Representatives or has been discharged 
     from its consideration, it shall be in order to move to 
     proceed to consider the joint resolution of approval in the 
     House. All points of order against the motion are waived. 
     Such a motion shall not be in order after the House has 
     disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution of 
     approval. The previous question shall be considered as 
     ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening 
     motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall 
     not be in order.
       (B) Consideration.--The joint resolution of approval shall 
     be considered as read. All points of order against the joint 
     resolution of approval and against its consideration are 
     waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
     on the joint resolution of approval to its passage without 
     intervening motion except 2 hours of debate equally divided 
     and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution of 
     approval shall not be in order. No amendment to, or motion to 
     recommit, a joint resolution of approval shall be in order.
       (C) Appeals.--All appeals from the Chair relating to the 
     application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
     the procedure relating to the joint resolution of approval 
     shall be decided without debate.
       (7) Floor consideration in the senate.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time after the 
     committee authorized to consider a joint resolution of 
     approval reports it to the Senate or has been discharged from 
     its consideration (even though a previous motion to the same 
     effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
     consideration of the joint resolution of approval, and all 
     points of order against the joint resolution of approval (and 
     against consideration of the joint resolution of approval) 
     are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
     motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution of approval is 
     agreed to, the joint resolution of approval shall remain the 
     unfinished business until disposed of.
       (B) Debate.--Debate on a joint resolution of approval, and 
     on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
     shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
     divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or 
     their designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order 
     and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 
     or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution of 
     approval is not in order.
       (C) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur 
     immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the 
     joint resolution of approval and a single quorum call at the 
     conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance with the 
     rules of the Senate.
       (D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
     decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution of approval shall be decided 
     without debate.
       (E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with

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     respect to a joint resolution of approval, including all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection with such joint 
     resolution of approval, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be 
     equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority 
     leader and the minority leader or their designees.
       (8) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       (A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by one House of a joint resolution of approval of 
     that House, that House receives a joint resolution of 
     approval from the other House, then the following procedures 
     shall apply:
       (i) The joint resolution of approval of the other House 
     shall not be referred to a committee.
       (ii) With respect to a joint resolution of approval in of 
     the House receiving the resolution--

       (I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution of approval had been received from the other 
     House; but
       (II) the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution 
     of approval of the other House.

       (B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--If one 
     House fails to introduce or consider a joint resolution of 
     approval under this paragraph, the joint resolution of 
     approval of the other House shall be entitled to expedited 
     floor procedures under this paragraph.
       (C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following passage 
     of the joint resolution of approval in the Senate, the Senate 
     then receives a companion measure from the House of 
     Representatives, the companion measure shall not be 
     debatable.
       (c) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--
     subsection (b) is enacted by Congress--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
     followed in that House in the case of legislation described 
     in those sections, and supersede other rules only to the 
     extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.

     SEC. 2. 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 imposed under 
     any 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 a joint resolution 
     of approval is passed by Congress under section 1(b).
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  SA 1150. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Toomey) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that 
emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees 
under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. 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.

     SEC. 2. 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, subject to the advice and 
     consent of the Senate as a treaty, receives the concurrence 
     of two thirds of the Senators.
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  SA 1151. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 17, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       ``(v) the Government of Iran and the Government of North 
     Korea are not sharing or transferring any information or 
     technology related to ballistic missile development or 
     nuclear weapons capability; and
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  SA 1152. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 6, strike line 6 and all that follows 
     through page 27, line 21, and insert the following:
       ``(b) Review by Congress of Nuclear Agreements With Iran.--
       ``(1) In general.--After the President transmits an 
     agreement pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives shall, as 
     appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain 
     information in order to fully review such agreement.
       ``(2) Limitation on actions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, except as provided in paragraph (3) and 
     subsection (c), the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 
     provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
     statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision 
     of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant 
     to an agreement described in subsection (a).
       ``(3) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (2) does 
     not apply to any deferral, waiver, or other suspension of 
     statutory sanctions pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action if 
     that deferral, waiver, or other suspension is made--
       ``(A) consistent with the law in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 45 days before the transmission by the 
     President of an agreement, assessment report, and 
     certification under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Effect of Congressional Action With Respect to 
     Nuclear Agreements With Iran.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, action involving any measure of statutory 
     sanctions relief by the United States pursuant to an 
     agreement subject to subsection (a) or the Joint Plan of 
     Action may be taken, consistent with existing statutory 
     requirements for such action, only if the Congress adopts, 
     and there is enacted, a joint resolution stating in substance 
     that the Congress does favor the agreement.
       ``(d) Congressional Oversight of Iranian Compliance With 
     Nuclear Agreements.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall keep the appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership fully and currently 
     informed of all aspects of Iranian compliance with respect to 
     an agreement subject to subsection (a).
       ``(2) Potentially significant breaches and compliance 
     incidents.--The President shall, within 10 calendar days of 
     receiving credible and accurate information relating to a 
     potentially significant breach or compliance incident by Iran 
     with respect to an agreement subject to subsection (a), 
     submit such information to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership.
       ``(3) Material breach report.--Not later than 30 calendar 
     days after submitting information about a potentially 
     significant breach or compliance incident pursuant to 
     paragraph (2), the President shall make a determination 
     whether such potentially significant breach or compliance 
     issue constitutes a material breach and, if there is such a 
     material breach, whether Iran has cured such material breach, 
     and shall submit

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     to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
     such determination, accompanied by, as appropriate, a report 
     on the action or failure to act by Iran that led to the 
     material breach, actions necessary for Iran to cure the 
     breach, and the status of Iran's efforts to cure the breach.
       ``(4) Semi-annual report.--Not later than 180 calendar days 
     after entering into an agreement described in subsection (a), 
     and not less frequently than once every 180 calendar days 
     thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and leadership a report on Iran's 
     nuclear program and the compliance of Iran with the agreement 
     during the period covered by the report, including the 
     following elements:
       ``(A) Any action or failure to act by Iran that breached 
     the agreement or is in noncompliance with the terms of the 
     agreement.
       ``(B) Any delay by Iran of more than one week in providing 
     inspectors access to facilities, people, and documents in 
     Iran as required by the agreement.
       ``(C) Any progress made by Iran to resolve concerns by the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency about possible military 
     dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
       ``(D) Any procurement by Iran of materials in violation of 
     the agreement or which could otherwise significantly advance 
     Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon.
       ``(E) Any centrifuge research and development conducted by 
     Iran that--
       ``(i) is not in compliance with the agreement; or
       ``(ii) may substantially enhance the breakout time of 
     acquisition of a nuclear weapon by Iran, if deployed.
       ``(F) Any diversion by Iran of uranium, carbon-fiber, or 
     other materials for use in Iran's nuclear program in 
     violation of the agreement.
       ``(G) Any covert nuclear activities undertaken by Iran, 
     including any covert nuclear weapons-related or covert 
     fissile material activities or research and development.
       ``(H) An assessment of whether any Iranian financial 
     institutions are engaged in money laundering or terrorist 
     finance activities, including names of specific financial 
     institutions if applicable.
       ``(I) Iran's advances in its ballistic missile program, 
     including developments related to its long-range and inter-
     continental ballistic missile programs.
       ``(J) An assessment of--
       ``(i) whether Iran directly supported, financed, planned, 
     or carried out an act of terrorism against the United States 
     or a United States person anywhere in the world;
       ``(ii) whether, and the extent to which, Iran supported 
     acts of terrorism, including acts of terrorism against the 
     United States or a United States person anywhere in the 
     world;
       ``(iii) all actions, including in international fora, being 
     taken by the United States to stop, counter, and condemn acts 
     by Iran to directly or indirectly carry out acts of terrorism 
     against the United States and United States persons;
       ``(iv) the impact on the national security of the United 
     States and the safety of United States citizens as a result 
     of any Iranian actions reported under this paragraph; and
       ``(v) all of the sanctions relief provided to Iran, 
     pursuant to the agreement, and a description of the 
     relationship between each sanction waived, suspended, or 
     deferred and Iran's nuclear weapon's program.
       ``(K) An assessment of whether violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights in Iran have changed, 
     increased, or decreased, as compared to the prior 180-day 
     period.
       ``(5) Additional reports and information.--
       ``(A) Agency reports.--Following submission of an agreement 
     pursuant to subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership, the Department of State, the 
     Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall, 
     upon the request of any of those committees or leadership, 
     promptly furnish to those committees or leadership their 
     views as to whether the safeguards and other controls 
     contained in the agreement with respect to Iran's nuclear 
     program provide an adequate framework to ensure that Iran's 
     activities permitted thereunder will not be inimical to or 
     constitute an unreasonable risk to the common defense and 
     security.
       ``(B) Provision of information on nuclear initiatives with 
     iran.--The President shall keep the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership fully and currently informed of any 
     initiative or negotiations with Iran relating to Iran's 
     nuclear program, including any new or amended agreement.
       ``(6) Compliance certification.--After the President 
     transmits an agreement pursuant to subsection (a), the 
     President shall, not less than every 90 calendar days--
       ``(A) determine whether the President is able to certify 
     that--
       ``(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and fully 
     implementing the agreement, including all related technical 
     or additional agreements;
       ``(ii) Iran has not committed a material breach with 
     respect to the agreement or, if Iran has committed a material 
     breach, Iran has cured the material breach;
       ``(iii) Iran has not taken any action, including covert 
     action, that could significantly advance its nuclear weapons 
     program; and
       ``(iv) suspension of sanctions related to Iran pursuant to 
     the agreement is--

       ``(I) appropriate and proportionate to the specific and 
     verifiable measures taken by Iran with respect to terminating 
     its illicit nuclear program; and
       ``(II) vital to the national security interests of the 
     United States; and

       ``(B) if the President determines he is able to make the 
     certification described in subparagraph (A), make such 
     certification to the appropriate congressional committees and 
     leadership.
       ``(7) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       ``(A) United States sanctions on Iran for terrorism, human 
     rights abuses, and ballistic missiles will remain in place 
     under an agreement, as defined in subsection (h)(1);
       ``(B) issues not addressed by an agreement on the nuclear 
     program of Iran, including fair and appropriate compensation 
     for Americans who were terrorized and subjected to torture 
     while held in captivity for 444 days after the seizure of the 
     United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in 1979 and their 
     families, the freedom of Americans held in Iran, the human 
     rights abuses of the Government of Iran against its own 
     people, and the continued support of terrorism worldwide by 
     the Government of Iran, are matters critical to ensure 
     justice and the national security of the United States, and 
     should be expeditiously addressed;
       ``(C) the President should determine the agreement in no 
     way compromises the commitment of the United States to 
     Israel's security, nor its support for Israel's right to 
     exist; and
       ``(D) in order to responsibly implement any long-term 
     agreement reached between the P5+1 countries and Iran, it is 
     critically important that Congress have the opportunity to 
     review any agreement and, as necessary, take action to modify 
     the statutory sanctions regime imposed by Congress.
       ``(e) Expedited Consideration of Legislation.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the event the President does not 
     submit a certification pursuant to subsection (d)(6) or has 
     determined pursuant to subsection (d)(3) that Iran has 
     materially breached an agreement subject to subsection (a) 
     and the material breach has not been cured, Congress may 
     initiate within 60 calendar days expedited consideration of 
     qualifying legislation pursuant to this subsection.
       ``(2) Qualifying legislation defined.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``qualifying legislation'' means only a 
     bill of either House of Congress--
       ``(A) the title of which is as follows: ``A bill 
     reinstating statutory sanctions imposed with respect to 
     Iran.''; and
       ``(B) the matter after the enacting clause of which is: 
     ``Any statutory sanctions imposed with respect to Iran 
     pursuant to ______ that were waived, suspended, reduced, or 
     otherwise relieved pursuant to an agreement submitted 
     pursuant to section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
     are hereby reinstated and any action by the United States 
     Government to facilitate the release of funds or assets to 
     Iran pursuant to such agreement, or provide any further 
     waiver, suspension, reduction, or other relief pursuant to 
     such agreement is hereby prohibited.'', with the blank space 
     being filled in with the law or laws under which sanctions 
     are to be reinstated.
       ``(3) Introduction.--During the 60-calendar day period 
     provided for in paragraph (1), qualifying legislation may be 
     introduced--
       ``(A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority 
     leader or the minority leader; and
       ``(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
     majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the 
     minority leader's designee).
       ``(4) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--
       ``(A) Reporting and discharge.--If a committee of the House 
     to which qualifying legislation has been referred has not 
     reported such qualifying legislation within 10 legislative 
     days after the date of referral, that committee shall be 
     discharged from further consideration thereof.
       ``(B) Proceeding to consideration.--Beginning on the third 
     legislative day after each committee to which qualifying 
     legislation has been referred reports it to the House or has 
     been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall 
     be in order to move to proceed to consider the qualifying 
     legislation in the House. All points of order against the 
     motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order after 
     the House has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
     qualifying legislation with regard to the same agreement. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
     shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
     which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
       ``(C) Consideration.--The qualifying legislation shall be 
     considered as read. All points of order against the 
     qualifying legislation and against its consideration are 
     waived. The previous question shall be considered as

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     ordered on the qualifying legislation to final passage 
     without intervening motion except two hours of debate equally 
     divided and controlled by the sponsor of the qualifying 
     legislation (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote on passage of the qualifying legislation 
     shall not be in order.
       ``(5) Consideration in the senate.--
       ``(A) Committee referral.--Qualifying legislation 
     introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       ``(B) Reporting and discharge.--If the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations has not reported such qualifying legislation within 
     10 session days after the date of referral of such 
     legislation, that committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of such legislation and the qualifying 
     legislation shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
       ``(C) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding Rule 
     XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at 
     any time after the committee authorized to consider 
     qualifying legislation reports it to the Senate or has been 
     discharged from its consideration (even though a previous 
     motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
     proceed to the consideration of qualifying legislation, and 
     all points of order against qualifying legislation (and 
     against consideration of the qualifying legislation) are 
     waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is 
     not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 
     the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
     shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of the qualifying legislation is agreed to, the 
     qualifying legislation shall remain the unfinished business 
     until disposed of.
       ``(D) Debate.--Debate on qualifying legislation, and on all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
     be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
     equally between the majority and minority leaders or their 
     designees. A motion to further limit debate is in order and 
     not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a 
     motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or 
     a motion to recommit the qualifying legislation is not in 
     order.
       ``(E) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall occur 
     immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the 
     qualifying legislation and a single quorum call at the 
     conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance with the 
     rules of the Senate.
       ``(F) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
     decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
     relating to qualifying legislation shall be decided without 
     debate.
       ``(G) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with respect to qualifying legislation, 
     including all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
     with such qualifying legislation, shall be limited to 10 
     hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
     majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
       ``(6) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       ``(A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by one House of qualifying legislation of that 
     House, that House receives qualifying legislation from the 
     other House, then the following procedures shall apply:
       ``(i) The qualifying legislation of the other House shall 
     not be referred to a committee.
       ``(ii) With respect to qualifying legislation of the House 
     receiving the legislation--

       ``(I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if 
     no qualifying legislation had been received from the other 
     House; but
       ``(II) the vote on passage shall be on the qualifying 
     legislation of the other House.

       ``(B) Treatment of a bill of other house.--If one House 
     fails to introduce qualifying legislation under this section, 
     the qualifying legislation of the other House shall be 
     entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section.
       ``(C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
     passage of the qualifying legislation in the Senate, the 
     Senate then receives a companion measure from the House of 
     Representatives, the companion measure shall not be 
     debatable.
       ``(D) Application to revenue measures.--The provisions of 
     this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
     Representatives to qualifying legislation which is a revenue 
     measure.
       ``(f) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--
     Subsection (e) is enacted by Congress--
       ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
     followed in that House in the case of legislation described 
     in those sections, and supersede other rules only to the 
     extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and
       ``(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.
       ``(g) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in the section shall 
     be construed as--
       ``(1) modifying, or having any other impact on, the 
     President's authority to negotiate, enter into, or implement 
     appropriate executive agreements, other than the restrictions 
     on implementation of the agreements specifically covered by 
     this section;
       ``(2) allowing any new waiver, suspension, reduction, or 
     other relief from statutory sanctions with respect to Iran 
     under any provision of law, or allowing the President to 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a);

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