[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5652-5657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1177. Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Rubio, 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:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL AND 
                   RELOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY TO 
                   JERUSALEM.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the 
     State of Israel, both de jure and de facto.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the 
     rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as 
     they have been by Israel since 1967;
       (2) every citizen of Israel should have the right to reside 
     anywhere in the undivided city of Jerusalem;
       (3) the President and the Secretary of State should 
     publicly affirm as a matter of United States policy that 
     Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of 
     Israel;
       (4) the President should immediately implement the 
     provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 
     104-45) and begin the process of relocating the United States 
     Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and
       (5) United States officials should refrain from any actions 
     that contradict United States law on this subject.
       (c) Amendment of Waiver Authority.--The Jerusalem Embassy 
     Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 7; and
       (2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7.
       (d) Identification of Jerusalem on Government Documents.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any official 
     document of the United States Government which lists 
     countries and their capital cities shall identify Jerusalem 
     as the capital of Israel.
       (e) Restriction on Funding Subject to Opening 
     Determination.--Not more than 50 percent of the funds 
     appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal year 2015 
     for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'' may 
     be obligated until the Secretary of State determines and 
     reports to Congress that the United States Embassy in 
     Jerusalem has officially opened.
       (f) Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 Funding.--
       (1) Fiscal year 2016.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
     Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, 
     such sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
     expended only for construction and other costs associated 
     with the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel 
     in the capital of Jerusalem.
       (2) Fiscal year 2017.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
     Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2017, 
     such sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
     expended only for construction and other costs associated 
     with the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel 
     in the capital of Jerusalem.
       (g) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
     Embassy'' means the offices of the United States diplomatic 
     mission and the residence of the United States chief of 
     mission.
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  SA 1178. Mr. INHOFE 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 16, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       ``(C) Report on actions by iran affecting us commitment to 
     israel.--In addition to any other information required to be 
     submitted to Congress under this paragraph, the President 
     shall also report to Congress not later than seven days after 
     any action by the Government of Iran that could compromise 
     the commitment of the United States to the security of Israel 
     or the support of the United States for Israel's right to 
     exist.
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  SA 1179. Mr. CORKER (for himself and Mr. Cardin) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and 
Mr. Cardin) 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:

       On page 2, line 13, insert ``, and specifically including 
     any agreed Persian text of such agreement, related materials, 
     and annexes'' after ``and annexes''.

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  SA 1180. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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

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and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 4, line 18, insert ``, including military bases,'' 
     after ``suspicious sites''.
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  SA 1181. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. 
Cardin) 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 8 and all that follows 
     through page 26, line 19, and insert the following:
       ``(1) Review period.--
       ``(A) House of representatives.--During the first 60 days 
     that the House of Representatives is in session following 
     transmittal by the President of an agreement pursuant to 
     subsection (a), 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.
       ``(B) Senate.--During the first 60 days that the Senate is 
     in session following transmittal by the President of an 
     agreement pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate shall, as appropriate, hold 
     hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information in 
     order to fully review such agreement.
       ``(2) Limitation on actions during period of congressional 
     review period.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     except as provided in paragraph (3), during the period for 
     congressional review provided in paragraph (1), 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 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 not be taken 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 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

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     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 (i)(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 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

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     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) Expedited Consideration of Resolutions.--
       ``(1) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term ``joint 
     resolution'' means a joint resolution either approving or 
     disapproving--
       ``(A) an agreement subject to subsection (a); or
       ``(B) the Joint Plan of Action.
       ``(2) Introduction.--During the period described in 
     subsection (b), a joint resolution may be introduced--
       ``(A) in the House of Representatives, by the Speaker (or 
     the Speaker's designee) or the minority leader (or the 
     minority leader's designee); 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).
       ``(3) Committee referral.--
       ``(A) House of representatives.--A joint resolution that is 
     introduced in the House of Representatives shall immediately 
     be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives.
       ``(B) Senate.--A joint resolution that is introduced in the 
     Senate shall immediately be referred to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.
       ``(4) Discharge.--If the committee of either House to which 
     joint resolution has been referred has not reported such 
     joint 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 shall be placed on the appropriate 
     calendar.
       ``(5) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--
       (A) Proceeding to consideration.--After the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives reports the 
     joint resolution 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 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. 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 shall be 
     considered as read. All points of order against the joint 
     resolution and against its consideration are waived. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
     resolution 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 shall not be in order. No 
     amendment to, or motion to recommit, joint resolution 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 shall be 
     decided without debate.
       ``(6) 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 on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     reports the joint resolution 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 joint resolution, and all 
     points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
     consideration of the joint resolution) 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 is agreed to, the joint resolution shall 
     remain the unfinished business until disposed of.
       ``(B) Debate.--Debate on the joint resolution, 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 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 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 joint resolution shall be decided without debate.
       ``(E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with respect to joint resolution, 
     including all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
     with such joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to 
     be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority 
     leader and the minority leader or their designees.
       ``(7) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       ``(A) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by one House of the joint resolution introduced 
     in that House, that House receives joint resolution from the 
     other House--
       ``(i) the joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
     referred to a committee; and
       ``(ii) with respect to joint resolution of the House 
     receiving the legislation--

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

       ``(B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--If one 
     House fails to introduce or consider a joint resolution under 
     this section, the joint resolution of the other House shall 
     be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section.
       ``(C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
     passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, the Senate 
     receives a companion measure from the House of 
     Representatives, the companion measure shall not be 
     debatable.
       `` (g) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--
     Subsections (e) and (f) are enacted by Congress--
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  SA 1182. Mr. ROBERTS 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 Russian Federation is not providing to Iran, 
     through sales, leases, or other lending, weapons systems in 
     violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 
     (2010) or sophisticated air defense systems; and
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  SA 1183. Mr. ROBERTS 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 15, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       ``(L) An assessment of whether the Russian Federation is 
     providing to Iran, through sales, leases, or other lending, 
     weapons systems in violation of United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 1929 (2010) or sophisticated air defense 
     systems.
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  SA 1184. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 ceased the development of a nuclear warhead 
     and delivery systems that could be used for a nuclear attack; 
     and
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  SA 1185. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 ceased the development of a nuclear warhead; 
     and
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  SA 1186. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the

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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 appropriate place, insert the following:
       ``(C) Assessment of inadequacies in international 
     monitoring and verification system.--
       ``(i) In general.--A report under subparagraph (A) shall 
     include an assessment by the Secretary of State, in 
     conjunction with the heads and other officials of relevant 
     agencies, detailing existing inadequacies in the 
     international monitoring and verification system as outlined 
     and in accordance with findings and recommendations 
     pertaining to verification shortcomings contained within--

       ``(I) the September 26, 2006, Government Accountability 
     Office report, ``Nuclear Nonproliferation: IAEA Has 
     Strengthened Its Safeguards and Nuclear Security Programs, 
     but Weaknesses Need to Be Addressed'';
       ``(II) the May 16, 2013, Government Accountability Office 
     Report, ``IAEA Has Made Progress in Implementing Critical 
     Programs but Continues to Face Challenges'';
       ``(III) the Defense Science Board Study, ``Task Force on 
     the Assessment of Nuclear Treaty Monitoring and Verification 
     Technologies'';
       ``(IV) the IAEA Report, The Safeguards System of the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency; and the IAEA Safeguards 
     Statement for 2010;
       ``(V) the IAEA Safeguards Overview: Comprehensive 
     Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols;
       ``(VI) the IAEA Model Additional Protocol; and
       ``(VII) the IAEA February 2015 Director General Report to 
     the Board of Governors.

       ``(ii) Recommendations.--The assessment required under 
     clause (i) shall include recommendations based upon the 
     reports referenced in such clause, including recommendations 
     to overcome inadequacies or develop an improved monitoring 
     framework and recommendations related to the following 
     matters:

       ``(I) The nuclear security program's long-term resource 
     needs.
       ``(II) A plan for the long-term operation and funding of 
     the IAEA and relevant agencies increased activities in order 
     to maintain the necessary level of oversight.
       ``(III) A potential national strategy and implementation 
     plan supported by a planning and assessment team aimed at 
     cutting across agency boundaries or limitations that impact 
     its ability to draw conclusions--with absolute assurance--
     about whether Iran is developing a clandestine nuclear 
     weapons program.
       ``(IV) The limitations of IAEA actors.
       ``(V) Challenges within the geographic scope which may be 
     too large to anticipate within the sanctioned treaty or 
     agreement or the national technical means (NTM) monitoring 
     regimes alone.

       ``(iii) Presidential certification.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the Secretary of State submits a report under 
     subparagraph (A), the President shall certify to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and leadership that the 
     President has reviewed the Secretary's shortfall assessment 
     required under this subparagraph, including the 
     recommendations contained therein, and has taken necessary 
     actions to address existing gaps within the monitoring and 
     verification framework.
       ``(D) Classified annex.--A report under
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  SA 1187. Mr. VITTER 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
       ``(4) Joint interpretation of agreement.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     President transmits an agreement under paragraph (1), the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a joint fact sheet signed by the President and the 
     President of the Republic of Iran certifying a clear 
     interpretation of the agreement as seen by both parties.
       ``(B) Elements.--The joint fact sheet shall include the 
     following elements:
       ``(i) A joint commitment of understanding by the United 
     States and Iran that the agreement will halt the Iranian 
     pursuit of nuclear military capability.
       ``(ii) A delineation of the ongoing agreed maximum 
     allowable levels of declared uranium, uranium, and percent 
     purity.
       ``(iii) A timeframe for the lifting of sanctions, and a 
     mutual understanding that if Iran violates the deal, 
     sanctions can be re-imposed within 30 days.
       ``(iv) A statement clarifying the dispute resolution 
     process envisioned.
       ``(v) A certification that--

       ``(I) Iran has provided the necessary explanations that 
     enable the IAEA to clarify the two outstanding practical 
     measures, as outlined in the February 19, 2015, IAEA Board of 
     Governors meeting; and
       ``(II) Iran has proposed new practical measures in the next 
     step of the Framework for Cooperation as previously agreed 
     on.

       ``(vi) A statement of Iran's continued agreement to provide 
     the IAEA with access to centrifuge assembly workshops, 
     centrifuge rotor production workshops, and storage 
     facilities.
       ``(vii) A description of the level of allowable ballistic 
     missile development and capability.
       ``(viii) A joint statement describing the research and 
     development into advanced centrifuges that is permissible.
       ``(ix) An outline of the agreed upon schedule and 
     parameters that have been agreed to by the P5+1 countries.
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  SA 1188. Mr. VITTER 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
       ``(v) Iran has not acquired and deployed advanced 
     integrated air defense systems, as defined by the United 
     Nations Register of Conventional Arms, and including long-
     range surface-to-air missiles such as the Russian-made S300; 
     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) Imposition of united nations sanctions.--In the event 
     the President does not submit a certification pursuant to 
     paragraph (6) or has determined pursuant to paragraph (3) 
     that Iran has materially breached an agreement subject to 
     subsection (a) and the material breach has not been cured, 
     the President shall direct the United States Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations to use the voice and 
     vote of the United States to impose sanctions in accordance 
     with United Nations Resolution 1929 (2010).
       ``(8) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of
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  SA 1189. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Lankford) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. PETROLEUM-RELATED SANCTIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
     leadership (as that term is defined in subsection (h)(3) of 
     section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by 
     section 2) an unclassified report assessing--
       (1) the ability of crude oil and condensate produced in 
     Iran and the United States to access and supply the global 
     crude oil and condensate market; and
       (2) the extent to which future action involving any measure 
     of statutory sanctions relief (as that term is defined in 
     subsection (c)(3) of such section 135) by the United States 
     will result in greater exports of Iranian petroleum to the 
     global market than permitted by the Joint Plan of Action (as 
     defined in subsection (h)(5) of such section) and under the 
     sanctions described in subsection (c)(1)(A) of such section.
       (b) Removal of Export Restrictions.--Beginning 30 calendar 
     days after submission of the report required under subsection 
     (a), notwithstanding any provision of law, any domestic 
     United States crude oil and condensate may be exported on the 
     same basis that petroleum products may be exported as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall limit 
     the authority of the President under the Constitution, the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
     seq.), or part B of title II of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.) to prohibit 
     exports.
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  SA 1190. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EMERGENCY SERVICES, GOVERNMENT, AND CERTAIN 
                   NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 4980H of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), 
     respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Special rules for certain emergency services, 
     government, and nonprofit volunteers.--
       ``(A) Emergency services volunteers.--Qualified services 
     rendered as a bona fide volunteer to an eligible employer 
     shall not be taken into account under this section as service 
     provided by an employee. For purposes of the preceding 
     sentence, the terms `qualified services', `bona fide 
     volunteer', and `eligible employer' shall have the respective 
     meanings given such terms under section 457(e).
       ``(B) Certain other government and nonprofit volunteers.--
       ``(i) In general.--Services rendered as a bona fide 
     volunteer to a specified employer shall not be taken into 
     account under this section as service provided by an 
     employee.
       ``(ii) Bona fide volunteer.--For purposes of this 
     subparagraph, the term `bona fide volunteer' means an 
     employee of a specified employer whose only compensation from 
     such employer is in the form of--

       ``(I) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) 
     reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of services 
     by volunteers, or
       ``(II) reasonable benefits (including length of service 
     awards), and nominal fees, customarily paid by similar 
     entities in connection with the performance of services by 
     volunteers.

       ``(iii) Specified employer.--For purposes of this 
     subparagraph, the term `specified employer' means--

       ``(I) any government entity, and
       ``(II) any organization described in section 501(c) and 
     exempt from tax under section 501(a).

       ``(iv) Coordination with subparagraph (A).--This 
     subparagraph shall not fail to apply with respect to services 
     merely because such services are qualified services (as 
     defined in section 457(e)(11)(C)).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.
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  SA 1191. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 31, strike lines 7 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(9) Nuclear weapons program.--The term ``nuclear weapons 
     program'' means any effort whatsoever, including research and 
     development efforts, to develop, design, obtain, procure, 
     create, fabricate, manufacture, assemble, or test, in any 
     fashion or manner, a nuclear explosive device or any 
     component thereof, as well as any effort whatsoever to 
     obtain, procure, or create, including through enrichment, 
     fissile material of any type, including plutonium or uranium, 
     that is enriched to a sufficient level for use in a nuclear 
     explosive device, and includes any nuclear weapon related 
     materiel program (``NWRMP''), which includes the research, 
     development, manufacture, or procurement of components used 
     to detonate, test, or deploy a nuclear device.
       ``(10) 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.
       ``(11) United states person.--The term
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  SA 1192. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 13, line 17, strike ``enhance'' and insert 
     ``reduce''.
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  SA 1193. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1140 proposed by Mr. Corker (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 
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 11, strike line 16 and all that follows 
     through ``significant breach'' on page 12, line 4, and insert 
     the following:
       ``(2) Potential breaches and compliance incidents.--The 
     President shall, within 10 calendar days of receiving 
     credible information relating to a potential 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 potential breach or 
     compliance incident pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
     shall make a determination whether such potential breach

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