[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 472 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 472
To declare that any agreement reached by the President relating to the
nuclear program of Iran is deemed a treaty that is subject to the
advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 16, 2023
Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr.
Braun, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mrs.
Fischer, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To declare that any agreement reached by the President relating to the
nuclear program of Iran is deemed a treaty that is subject to the
advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nuclear Treaty Act''.
SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS RELATED TO NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN DEEMED TREATIES
SUBJECT TO ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
(a) Treaty Subject to Advice and Consent of the Senate.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agreement reached by
the President with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran is
deemed to be a treaty that is subject to the requirements of article
II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States
requiring that the treaty is subject to the advice and consent of the
Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring.
(b) Limitation on Sanctions Relief.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide
relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions under any
other provision of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions
pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran that
includes the United States, commits the United States to take action,
or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to
take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a political
commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally
binding or not, including any joint comprehensive plan of action
entered into or made between Iran and any other parties, and any
additional materials related thereto, including annexes, appendices,
codicils, side agreements, implementing materials, documents, and
guidance, technical or other understandings, and any related
agreements, whether entered into or implemented prior to the agreement
or to be entered into or implemented in the future, unless the
agreement is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate as a
treaty and receives the concurrence of two-thirds of Senators.
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