,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ffi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #d1          
#bjae,mrs4 ,boxer 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,schatz1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,carper1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,brown1 and ,mr4  
,franken7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for consideration
 of legislation to respond to a         
violation by ,iran of an arrangement    
relating to its nuclear program1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,iran         
,congressional ,oversight ,act of #bjae4
  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7  
,joint ,plan of ,action ,the term ,joint
 ,plan of ,action--  7,a7 means the     
,joint ,plan of ,action1 signed at      
,geneva ,november #bd1 #bjac1 by ,iran  
and the ,p#e-plus-#a countries2 and     
7,b7 includes all implementing materials
 and agreements related to the ,joint   
,plan of ,action1 including the         

technical understandings reached on     
,january #ab1 #bjad1 the extension      
agreed to on ,july #ai1 #bjad1 and the  
extension agreed to on ,november #bd1   
#bjad4  7#b7 ,p#e-plus-#a countries ,the
 term ,p#e-plus-#a countries means the  
,united ,states1 ,france1 the ,russian  
,federation1 the ,people's ,republic of 
,china1 the ,united ,kingdom1 and       
,germany4  #c4 ,findings ,congress makes
 the following findings3 7#a7 ,the      
acquisition of a nuclear weapon by the  
,islamic ,republic of ,iran would pose a
 grave and serious threat to            
international peace and security1       
including the national security of the  
,united ,states and its allies4  7#b7   
,the ,united ,states has led the        
international community in imposing     
unprecedented and crippling sanctions   
with respect to the nuclear program of  
,iran1 which have helped to persuade the
 leadership of ,iran to return to the   
negotiating table4  7#c7 ,on ,november  
#bd1 #bjac1 ,iran and the ,p#e-plus-#a  

countries1 made up of the #e permanent  
members of the ,united ,nations         
,security ,council and ,germany1 entered
 into the ,joint ,plan of ,action in    
order to establish verifiable limits on 
the nuclear activities of ,iran that are
 of greatest concern with respect to    
proliferation and to facilitate         
negotiations toward a final             
comprehensive arrangement that would    
prevent ,iran from developing a nuclear 
weapon4  7#d7 ,on ,november #bd1 #bjad1 
the ,p#e-plus-#a countries and ,iran    
extended the ,joint ,plan of ,action to 
allow negotiations to continue with the 
goal of achieving a political framework 
arrangement by the end of ,march #bjae1 
and full technical details by ,july #a1 
#bjae4  7#e7 ,under the ,joint ,plan of 
,action1 the ,government of ,iran has1  
among other steps1 ceased enrichment of 
uranium to near-#bj percent fissile     
,u-#bce1 neutralized its stockpile of   
#bj-percent enriched uranium gas1 halted
 major construction on its heavy water  

reactor at ,arak1 halted the            
installation of additional centrifuges  
and not operated its more advanced      
centrifuge machines to accumulate       
enriched uranium1 allowed more frequent 
and intrusive inspections by the        
,international ,atomic ,energy ,agency1 
and allowed managed access to centrifuge
 production-related facilities and      
uranium mines and mills4  7#f7 ,the     
,international ,atomic ,energy ,agency  
has reported1 including in a ,january   
#bj1 #bjae1 report1 that ,iran has      
complied with its obligations under the 
,joint ,plan of ,action4  7#g7 ,iran has
 a history of deceit when it comes to   
its nuclear program and any final       
comprehensive arrangement must be       
airtight and verifiable to ensure that  
,iran will live up to its commitments4  
7#h7 ,the ,united ,states reserves the  
option to impose or reimpose certain    
sanctions in the event that ,iran       
violates the ,joint ,plan of ,action or 
any successor arrangement agreed to by  

the ,p#e-plus-#a countries and ,iran4   
7#i7 ,in his ,state of the ,union       
address on ,january #bj1 #bjae1         
,president ,barack ,obama said1 ,we have
 a chance to negotiate a comprehensive  
agreement that prevents a nuclear-armed 
,iran1 secures ,america and our         
allies--including ,israel1 while        
avoiding yet another ,middle ,east      
conflict4 ,there are no guarantees that 
negotiations will succeed1 and ,i keep  
all options on the table to prevent a   
nuclear ,iran44  #d4 ,assessments of    
compliance of ,iran with nuclear        
arrangements  7a7 ,in general ,during   
the period during which the ,joint ,plan
 of ,action or a successor arrangement  
with ,iran is in effect1 the ,president 
shall submit to ,congress not less      
frequently than once every #ij days a   
report assessing the compliance of ,iran
 with the ,joint ,plan of ,action or the
 successor arrangement1 as the case may 
be4  7b7 ,determinations required ,each 
report required by subsection 7a7 with  

respect to the ,joint ,plan of ,action  
or a successor arrangement shall include
 a determination by the ,president1 made
 in consultation with the ,director of  
,national ,intelligence1 of the         
following3  7#a7 ,whether ,iran has     
failed to fulfill the terms of the      
,joint ,plan of ,action or the successor
 arrangement4  7#b7 ,whether ,iran has  
attempted to circumvent inspections by  
the ,international ,atomic ,energy      
,agency or has otherwise attempted to   
circumvent enforcement of the ,joint    
,plan of ,action or the successor       
arrangement4  7#c7 ,whether the         
,international ,atomic ,energy ,agency  
or any of the ,p#e-plus-#a countries has
 accused ,iran of violating the ,joint  
,plan of ,action or the successor       
arrangement and1 if so1 whether the     
accusation is credible and whether ,iran
 has been apprised of the accusation4   
7c7 ,certification required ,the        
,president shall submit1 with each      
report required by subsection 7a71 an   

unclassified certification by the       
,president1 made in consultation with   
the ,director of ,national              
,intelligence1 of whether ,iran has     
complied with or violated the terms of  
the ,joint ,plan of ,action or a        
successor arrangement4  7d7 ,form of    
reports ,expect as provided in          
subsection 7c71 each report required by 
subsection 7a7 may be submitted in      
classified form or containing a         
classified annex1 as appropriate4  #e4  
,expedited consideration of legislation 
to reinstate waived or suspended        
sanctions after a violation of a nuclear
 arrangement by ,iran  7a7 ,in general  
,if a report required by section #d7;a7 
is accompanied by a certification under 
section #d7;c7 by the ,president that   
,iran has violated the ,joint ,plan of  
,action or any successor arrangement1   
,congress may initiate expedited        
consideration of qualifying legislation 
pursuant to this section4  7b7          
,qualifying legislation defined ,for the

 purposes of this section1 the term     
qualifying legislation means only a bill
 of either ,house of ,congress-- 7#a7   
that is introduced not later than #c    
calendar days after the date on which   
the report described in subsection 7a7  
is received by ,congress2  7#b7 the     
title of which is as follows3 ,a bill   
reinstating sanctions imposed with      
respect to ,iran and prohibiting the    
release of funds or assets to ,iran42   
and  7#c7 the matter after the enacting 
clause of which is as follows3 ,all     
sanctions imposed with respect to ,iran 
that were waived or suspended pursuant  
to the ,joint ,action ,plan 7as defined 
in section #b of the ,iran              
,congressional ,oversight ,act of #bjae7
 or a successor arrangement are         
reinstated and the release of funds or  
assets to ,iran pursuant to the ,joint  
,action ,plan or a successor arrangement
 is prohibited44  7c7 ,fast track       
consideration in ,house of              
,representatives  7#a7 ,reconvening     

,upon receipt of a report described in  
subsection 7a71 the ,speaker of the     
,house of ,representatives1 if the      
,house would otherwise be adjourned1    
shall notify the ,members of the ,house 
that1 pursuant to this section1 the     
,house shall convene not later than the 
second calendar day after receipt of the
 report4  7#b7 ,reporting and discharge 
,any committee of the ,house of         
,representatives to which qualifying    
legislation is referred shall report it 
to the ,house not later than #e calendar
 days after the date of receipt of the  
report described in subsection 7a74 ,if 
a committee fails to report the         
qualifying legislation within that      
period1 the committee shall be          
discharged from further consideration of
 the qualifying legislation and the     
qualifying legislation shall be referred
 to the appropriate calendar4  7#c7     
,proceeding to consideration ,after each
 committee authorized to consider       
qualifying legislation reports it to the

 ,house or has been discharged from its 
consideration1 it shall be in order1 not
 later than the sixth day after         
,congress receives the report described 
in subsection 7a71 to move to proceed to
 consider the qualifying legislation in 
the ,house4 ,all points of order against
 the motion are waived4 ,such a motion  
shall not be in order after the ,house  
has disposed of a motion to proceed on  
the qualifying legislation4 ,the        
previous question shall be considered as
 ordered on the motion to its adoption  
without intervening motion4 ,the motion 
shall not be debatable4 ,a motion to    
reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order4   
7#d7 ,consideration ,the qualifying     
legislation shall be considered as read4
 ,all points of order against the       
qualifying legislation and against its  
consideration are waived4 ,the previous 
question shall be considered as ordered 
on the qualifying legislation to its    
passage without intervening motion      

except #b hours of debate equally       
divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider
 the vote on passage of the qualifying  
legislation shall not be in order4  7d7 
,fast track consideration in ,senate    
7#a7 ,reconvening ,upon receipt of a    
report described in subsection 7a71 if  
the ,senate has adjourned or recessed   
for more than #b days1 the majority     
leader of the ,senate1 after            
consultation with the minority leader of
 the ,senate1 shall notify the ,members 
of the ,senate that1 pursuant to this   
section1 the ,senate shall convene not  
later than the second calendar day after
 receipt of the report4  7#b7 ,placement
 on calendar ,upon introduction in the  
,senate1 the qualifying legislation     
shall be placed immediately on the      
calendar4  7#c7 ,floor consideration    
7,a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding ,rule 
,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate1 it is in order at any time     
during the period beginning on the      

fourth day after the date on which      
,congress receives a report described in
 subsection 7a7 and ending on the sixth 
day after the date on which ,congress   
receives that report 7even though a     
previous motion to the same effect has  
been disagreed to7 to move to proceed to
 the consideration of the qualifying    
legislation1 and all points of order    
against the qualifying legislation 7and 
against consideration of the qualifying 
legislation7 are waived4 ,the motion to 
proceed is not debatable4 ,the motion is
 not subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a
 motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  
proceed to the consideration of the     
qualifying legislation is agreed to1 the
 qualifying legislation shall remain the
 unfinished business until disposed of4 
7,b7 ,debate ,debate on the qualifying  
legislation1 and on all debatable       
motions and appeals in connection       
therewith1 shall be limited to not more 

than #aj hours1 which shall be divided  
equally between the majority and        
minority leaders or their designees4 ,a 
motion further to limit debate is in    
order and not debatable4 ,an amendment  
to1 or a motion to postpone1 or a motion
 to proceed to the consideration of     
other business1 or a motion to recommit 
the qualifying legislation is not in    
order4  7,c7 ,vote on passage ,the vote 
on passage shall occur immediately      
following the conclusion of the debate  
on the qualifying legislation1 and a    
single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance   
with the rules of the ,senate4  7,d7    
,rulings of the chair on procedure      
,appeals from the decisions of the      
,chair relating to the application of   
the rules of the ,senate1 as the case   
may be1 to the procedure relating to    
qualifying legislation shall be decided 
without debate4  7e7 ,rules relating to 
,senate and ,house of ,representatives  
7#a7 ,coordination with action by other 

,house ,if1 before the passage by one   
,house of qualifying legislation of that
 ,house1 that ,house receives qualifying
 legislation from the other ,house1 then
 the following procedures shall apply3  
7,a7 ,the qualifying legislation of the 
other ,house shall not be referred to a 
committee4  7,b7 ,with respect to       
qualifying legislation of the ,house    
receiving the legislation--  7i7 the    
procedure in that ,house shall be the   
same as if no qualifying legislation had
 been received from the other ,house2   
but  7ii7 the vote on passage shall be  
on the qualifying legislation of the    
other ,house4  7#b7 ,treatment of       
qualifying legislation of other house   
,if one ,house fails to introduce or    
consider qualifying legislation under   
this section1 the qualifying legislation
 of the other ,house shall be entitled  
to expedited floor procedures under this
 section4  7#c7 ,treatment of companion 
measures ,if1 following passage of the  
qualifying legislation in the ,senate1  

the ,senate then receives the companion 
measure from the ,house of              
,representatives1 the companion measure 
shall not be debatable4  7#d7           
,subsequent measures ,if qualifying     
legislation has been considered under   
this section in both ,houses of         
,congress pursuant to a report described
 in subsection 7a71 no further          
qualifying legislation shall be in order
 until ,congress receives a new report  
described in subsection 7a74  7f7       
,vetoes ,if the ,president vetoes       
qualifying legislation1 debate on a veto
 message in the ,senate under this      
section shall be #a hour equally divided
 between the majority and minority      
leaders or their designees4  7g7 ,rules 
of ,house of ,representatives and       
,senate ,this section and section #f are
 enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7 as an      
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such are deemed a part of the rules of  

each ,house1 respectively1 but          
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of legislation described in 
those sections1 and supersede other     
rules only to the extent that they are  
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7#b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  #f4 ,consideration
 in the ,senate of additional           
legislation to further respond to a     
violation by ,iran of a nuclear         
arrangement  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding ,rule ,,xxii of the    
,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 it is  
in order at any time during the #cj-;day
 period beginning on the date on which a
 report described in section #e7;a7 is  
received by ,congress 7even though a    
previous motion to the same effect has  

been disagreed to7 to move to proceed to
 the consideration of legislation       
described in subsection 7b71 and all    
points of order against the legislation 
7and against consideration of the       
legislation7 are waived4 ,the motion to 
proceed is not debatable4 ,the motion is
 not subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a
 motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  
proceed to the consideration of the     
legislation is agreed to1 the           
legislation shall remain the unfinished 
business until disposed of4  7b7        
,legislation described ,legislation     
described in this subsection is such    
legislation as the majority leader of   
the ,senate1 after consultation with the
 minority leader1 determines necessary  
to further respond to a violation by    
,iran the ,joint ,plan of ,action or any
 successor arrangement4  #g4 ,role of   
,congress in lifting congressionally    
mandated sanctions ,if the ,united      

,states is a party to a comprehensive   
long-term arrangement with ,iran        
relating to its nuclear program under   
which the ,united ,states commits to    
lifting sanctions imposed pursuant to   
any provision of law included in a duly 
enacted ,act of ,congress1 that         
provision of law shall remain in effect 
until1 consistent with section #g of    
article ,i of the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states and notwithstanding the 
arrangement1 repealed by an ,act of     
,congress or terminated pursuant to     
another provision of law4