,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,self 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,ms4 
,tenney1 ,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 ,mr4         
,moskowitz1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,ms4         
,salazar1 and ,mr4 ,kean7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,financial ,services1 the ,judiciary1   
,ways and ,means1 ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and ,rules1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for congressional review of     
actions to terminate or waive sanctions 
imposed with respect to ,iran4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,iran ,sanctions ,relief ,review    
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,congressional      
review of certain actions relating to   

sanctions imposed with respect to ,iran 
7a7 ,submission to congress of proposed 
action  7#a7 ,in general                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 before taking any action described 
in paragraph 7#b71 the ,president shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership a report that 
describes the proposed action and the   
reasons for that action4  7#b7 ,actions 
described  7,a7 ,in general ,an action  
described in this paragraph is-- 7i7 an 
action to terminate the application of  
any sanctions described in subparagraph 
7,b72  7ii7 with respect to sanctions   
described in subparagraph 7,b7 imposed  
by the ,president with respect to a     
person1 an action to waive the          
application of those sanctions with     
respect to that person2 or  7iii7 a     
licensing action that significantly     
alters ,united ,states foreign policy   
with respect to ,iran4  7,b7 ,sanctions 
described ,the sanctions described in   
this subparagraph are sanctions with    

respect to ,iran provided for under--   
7i7 the ,iran ,sanctions ,act of #aiif  
7,public ,law #ajd-agb2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agja note72  7ii7 the ,comprehensive   
,iran ,sanctions1 ,accountability1 and  
,divestment ,act of #bjaj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #heja et seq472  7iii7 section #abde of
 the ,national ,defense ,authorization  
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjab 7#bb       
,u4,s4,c4 #heac;a72  7iv7 the ,iran     
,threat ,reduction and ,syria ,human    
,rights ,act of #bjab 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#hgja et seq472  7v7 the ,iran ,freedom 
and ,counter-,proliferation ,act of     
#bjab 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hhja et seq472    
7vi7 the ,international ,emergency      
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agja note72 or  7vii7 any other statute
 or ,executive order that requires or   
authorizes the imposition of sanctions  
with respect to ,iran4  7#c7            
,description of type of action ,each    
report submitted under paragraph 7#a7   
with respect to an action described in  
paragraph 7#b7 shall include a          

description of whether the action-- 7,a7
 is not intended to significantly alter 
,united ,states foreign policy with     
respect to ,iran2 or  7,b7 is intended  
to significantly alter ,united ,states  
foreign policy with respect to ,iran4   
7#d7 ,inclusion of additional matter    
7,a7 ,in general ,each report submitted 
under paragraph 7#a7 that relates to an 
action that is intended to significantly
 alter ,united ,states foreign policy   
with respect to ,iran shall include a   
description of--  7i7 the significant   
alteration to ,united ,states foreign   
policy with respect to ,iran2  7ii7 the 
anticipated effect of the action on the 
national security interests of the      
,united ,states2 and  7iii7 the policy  
objectives for which the sanctions      
affected by the action were initially   
imposed4  7,b7 ,requests from banking   
and financial services committees ,the  
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs of the ,senate or the   
,committee on ,financial ,services of   

the ,house of ,representatives may      
request the submission to the ,committee
 of the matter described in clauses 7ii7
 and 7iii7 of subparagraph 7,a7 with    
respect to a report submitted under     
paragraph 7#a7 that relates to an action
 that is not intended to significantly  
alter ,united ,states foreign policy    
with respect to ,iran4  7#e7            
,confidentiality of proprietary         
information ,proprietary information    
that can be associated with a particular
 person with respect to an action       
described in paragraph 7#b7 may be      
included in a report submitted under    
paragraph 7#a7 only if the appropriate  
congressional committees and leadership 
provide assurances of confidentiality1  
unless that person otherwise consents in
 writing to such disclosure4  7#f7 ,rule
 of construction ,paragraph             
7#b77;,a77iii7 shall not be construed to
 require the submission of a report     
under paragraph 7#a7 with respect to the
 routine issuance of a license that does

 not significantly alter ,united ,states
 foreign policy with respect to ,iran4  
7b7 ,period for review by congress  7#a7
 ,in general ,during the period of #cj  
calendar days beginning on the date on  
which the ,president submits a report   
under subsection 7a77#a7-- 7,a7 in the  
case of a report that relates to an     
action that is not intended to          
significantly alter ,united ,states     
foreign policy with respect to ,iran1   
the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1   
and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
of the ,house of ,representatives       
should1 as appropriate1 hold hearings   
and briefings and otherwise obtain      
information in order to fully review the
 report2 and  7,b7 in the case of a     
report that relates to an action that is
 intended to significantly alter ,united
 ,states foreign policy with respect to 
,iran1 the ,committee on ,foreign       
,relations of the ,senate and the       
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  

,house of ,representatives should1 as   
appropriate1 hold hearings and briefings
 and otherwise obtain information in    
order to fully review the report4  7#b7 
,exception ,the period for congressional
 review under paragraph 7#a7 of a report
 required to be submitted under         
subsection 7a77#a7 shall be #fj calendar
 days if the report is submitted on or  
after ,july #aj and on or before        
,september #g in any calendar year4     
7#c7 ,limitation on actions during      
initial congressional review period     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 during the period for congressional
 review provided for under paragraph    
7#a7 of a report submitted under        
subsection 7a77#a7 proposing an action  
described in subsection 7a77#b71        
including any additional period for such
 review as applicable under the         
exception provided in paragraph 7#b71   
the ,president may not take that action 
unless a joint resolution of approval   
with respect to that action is enacted  

in accordance with subsection 7c74  7#d7
 ,limitation on actions during          
presidential consideration of a joint   
resolution of disapproval               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if a joint resolution of           
disapproval relating to a report        
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b7 passes both ,houses  
of ,congress in accordance with         
subsection 7c71 the ,president may not  
take that action for a period of #ab    
calendar days after the date of passage 
of the joint resolution of disapproval4 
7#e7 ,limitation on actions during      
congressional reconsideration of a joint
 resolution of disapproval              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if a joint resolution of           
disapproval relating to a report        
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b7 passes both ,houses  
of ,congress in accordance with         

subsection 7c71 and the ,president      
vetoes the joint resolution1 the        
,president may not take that action for 
a period of #aj calendar days after the 
date of the ,president's veto4  7#f7    
,effect of enactment of a joint         
resolution of disapproval               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if a joint resolution of           
disapproval relating to a report        
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b7 is enacted in        
accordance with subsection 7c71 the     
,president may not take that action4    
7c7 ,joint resolutions of disapproval or
 approval  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this   
subsection3 7,a7 ,joint resolution of   
approval ,the term joint resolution of  
approval means only a joint resolution  
of either ,house of ,congress--  7i7 the
 title of which is as follows3 ,a joint 
resolution approving the ,president's   
proposal to take an action relating to  
the application of certain sanctions    

with respect to ,iran42 and  7ii7 the   
sole matter after the resolving clause  
of which is the following3 ,congress    
approves of the action relating to the  
application of sanctions imposed with   
respect to ,iran proposed by the        
,president in the report submitted to   
,congress under section #b7;a77#a7 of   
the ,iran ,sanctions ,relief ,review    
,act of #bjbe on  relating to 41 with   
the first blank space being filled with 
the appropriate date and the second     
blank space being filled with a short   
description of the proposed action4     
7,b7 ,joint resolution of disapproval   
,the term joint resolution of           
disapproval means only a joint          
resolution of either ,house of          
,congress-- 7i7 the title of which is as
 follows3 ,a joint resolution           
disapproving the ,president's proposal  
to take an action relating to the       
application of certain sanctions with   
respect to ,iran42 and  7ii7 the sole   
matter after the resolving clause of    

which is the following3 ,congress       
disapproves of the action relating to   
the application of sanctions imposed    
with respect to ,iran proposed by the   
,president in the report submitted to   
,congress under section #b7;a77#a7 of   
the ,iran ,sanctions ,relief ,review    
,act of #bjbe on  relating to 41 with   
the first blank space being filled with 
the appropriate date and the second     
blank space being filled with a short   
description of the proposed action4     
7#b7 ,introduction ,during the period of
 #cj calendar days provided for under   
subsection 7b77#a71 including any       
additional period as applicable under   
the exception provided in subsection    
7b77#b71 a joint resolution of approval 
or joint resolution of disapproval may  
be introduced--  7,a7 in the ,house of  
,representatives1 by the majority leader
 or the minority leader2 and  7,b7 in   
the ,senate1 by the majority leader 7or 
the majority leader's designee7 or the  
minority leader 7or the minority        

leader's designee74  7#c7 ,floor        
consideration in house of               
representatives ,if a committee of the  
,house of ,representatives to which a   
joint resolution of approval or joint   
resolution of disapproval has been      
referred has not reported the joint     
resolution within #aj legislative days  
after the date of referral1 that        
committee shall be discharged from      
further consideration of the joint      
resolution4  7#d7 ,consideration in the 
senate  7,a7 ,committee referral ,a     
joint resolution of approval or joint   
resolution of disapproval introduced in 
the ,senate shall be--  7i7 referred to 
the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1   
and ,urban ,affairs if the joint        
resolution relates to a report under    
subsection 7a77#c77;,a7 that relates to 
an action that is not intended to       
significantly alter ,united ,states     
foreign policy with respect to ,iran2   
and  7ii7 referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations if the joint        

resolution relates to a report under    
subsection 7a77#c77;,b7 that relates to 
an action that is intended to           
significantly alter ,united ,states     
foreign policy with respect to ,iran4   
7,b7 ,reporting and discharge ,if the   
committee to which a joint resolution of
 approval or joint resolution of        
disapproval was referred has not        
reported the joint resolution within #aj
 calendar days after the date of        
referral of the joint resolution1 that  
committee shall be discharged from      
further consideration of the joint      
resolution and the joint resolution     
shall be placed on the appropriate      
calendar4  7,c7 ,proceeding to          
consideration ,notwithstanding ,rule    
,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate1 it is in order at any time     
after the ,committee on ,banking1       
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs or the    
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 as   
the case may be1 reports a joint        
resolution of approval or joint         

resolution of disapproval to the ,senate
 or has been discharged from            
consideration of such a joint resolution
 7even though a previous motion to the  
same effect has been disagreed to7 to   
move to proceed to the consideration of 
the joint resolution1 and all points of 
order against the joint resolution 7and 
against consideration of the joint      
resolution7 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  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 a joint resolution
 of approval or joint resolution of     
disapproval shall be decided without    
debate4  7,e7 ,consideration of veto    
messages ,debate in the ,senate of any  
veto message with respect to a joint    

resolution of approval or joint         
resolution of disapproval1 including all
 debatable motions and appeals in       
connection with the joint resolution1   
shall be limited to #aj hours1 to be    
equally divided between1 and controlled 
by1 the majority leader and the minority
 leader or their designees4  7#e7 ,rules
 relating to senate and house of        
representatives  7,a7 ,treatment of     
senate joint resolution in house ,in the
 ,house of ,representatives1 the        
following procedures shall apply to a   
joint resolution of approval or a joint 
resolution of disapproval received from 
the ,senate 7unless the ,house has      
already passed a joint resolution       
relating to the same proposed action73  
7i7 ,the joint resolution shall be      
referred to the appropriate committees4 
7ii7 ,if a committee to which a joint   
resolution has been referred has not    
reported the joint resolution within #e 
legislative days after the date of      
referral1 that committee shall be       

discharged from further consideration of
 the joint resolution4  7iii7 ,beginning
 on the third legislative day after each
 committee to which a joint resolution  
has been referred reports the joint     
resolution to the ,house or has been    
discharged from further consideration   
thereof1 it shall be in order to move to
 proceed to consider the joint          
resolution 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 joint          
resolution4 ,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  7iv7 ,the joint 
resolution shall be considered as read4 
,all points of order against the joint  
resolution and against its consideration
 are waived4 ,the previous question     

shall be considered as ordered on the   
joint resolution to final passage       
without intervening motion except #b    
hours of debate equally divided and     
controlled by the sponsor of the joint  
resolution 7or a designee7 and an       
opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider the   
vote on passage of the joint resolution 
shall not be in order4  7,b7 ,treatment 
of house joint resolution in senate  7i7
 ,receipt before passage ,if1 before the
 passage by the ,senate of a joint      
resolution of approval or joint         
resolution of disapproval1 the ,senate  
receives an identical joint resolution  
from the ,house of ,representatives1 the
 following procedures shall apply3  7,i7
 ,that joint resolution shall not be    
referred to a committee4  7,,ii7 ,with  
respect to that joint resolution--  7aa7
 the procedure in the ,senate shall be  
the same as if no joint resolution had  
been received from the ,house of        
,representatives2 but  7bb7 the vote on 
passage shall be on the joint resolution

 from the ,house of ,representatives4   
7ii7 ,receipt after passage ,if1        
following passage of a joint resolution 
of approval or joint resolution of      
disapproval in the ,senate1 the ,senate 
receives an identical joint resolution  
from the ,house of ,representatives1    
that joint resolution shall be placed on
 the appropriate ,senate calendar4      
7iii7 ,no companion measure ,if a joint 
resolution of approval or a joint       
resolution of disapproval is received   
from the ,house1 and no companion joint 
resolution has been introduced in the   
,senate1 the ,senate procedures under   
this subsection shall apply to the      
,house joint resolution4  7,c7          
,application to revenue measures ,the   
provisions of this paragraph shall not  
apply in the ,house of ,representatives 
to a joint resolution of approval or    
joint resolution of disapproval that is 
a revenue measure4  7#f7 ,rules of house
 of representatives and senate ,this    
subsection is enacted by ,congress--    

7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 and          
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is 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  7d7  
,appropriate congressional committees   
and leadership defined ,in this section1
 the term appropriate congressional     
committees and leadership means-- 7#a7  
the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1   
and ,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations1 and the majority   
and minority leaders of the ,senate2 and
  7#b7 the ,committee on ,financial     
,services1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,affairs1 and the ,speaker1 the majority

 leader1 and the minority leader of the 
,house of ,representatives4