H.R. 4967 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4967 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2014 Mr. Franks of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Yoho, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Posey, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Chabot) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity Act. 2. Congressional review of nuclear agreements with Iran (a) Congressional review of nuclear agreements with respect to Iran (1) In general Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, within three days of the conclusion of any agreement between the United States, any other party, and the Islamic Republic of Iran related to Iran’s nuclear program, shall submit such agreement to Congress. (2) Procedures for review (A) In general During the 15-day period beginning on the date on which the President submits an agreement under paragraph (1), the Committees on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall review any such agreement and may hold hearings or briefings, as appropriate. (B) Expedited procedures for a joint resolution of approval or disapproval (i) In general During the 15-day period beginning on the day after the period for review provided for in subparagraph (A), a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced in the House of Representatives by the Speaker, the minority leader, or their respective designee, or in the Senate by the majority leader, the minority leader, or their respective designee, and may not be amended. (ii) Referral A joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval introduced under clause (i) in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval introduced under clause (i) in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. (iii) Committee discharge and floor consideration The provisions of subsections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating to committee discharge and floor consideration of certain resolutions in the House of Representatives and the Senate) apply to a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval under this subsection to the same extent that such subsections apply to joint resolutions under such section 152, except that— (I) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied and administered by substituting 10 days for 30 days; and (II) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall be applied and administered by substituting Committee on Foreign Relations for Committee on Finance. (iv) Rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate This subsection is enacted by Congress— (I) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is 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 a joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and (II) 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. (v) Definitions In this subsection— (I) the term joint resolution of approval means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That Congress approves of the agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by the President to Congress under section 2(a) of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity Act on ____., with the blank space being filled with the appropriate date; and (II) the term joint resolution of disapproval means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That Congress disapproves of the agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by the President to Congress under section 2(a) of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Accountablity Act on ____., with the blank space being filled with the appropriate date. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section or any action taken pursuant to this section shall be construed as approval of any sanctions relief in connection with any agreement with respect to Iran’s nuclear program.