Iran Nuclear Treaty Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2030 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 10, 2021 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. LEE, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. MAR- SHALL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Nuclear Treaty 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:04 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2030.IS S2030 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2030 IS SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS RELATED TO NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF 1 IRAN DEEMED TREATIES SUBJECT TO AD- 2 VICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE. 3 (a) TREATY SUBJECT TO ADVICE AND CONSENT OF 4 THE SENATE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 law, any agreement reached by the President with Iran 6 relating to the nuclear program of Iran is deemed to be 7 a treaty that is subject to the requirements of article II, 8 section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States 9 requiring that the treaty is subject to the advice and con- 10 sent of the Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring. 11 (b) LIMITATION ON SANCTIONS RELIEF.—Notwith- 12 standing any other provision of law, the President may 13 not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or other- 14 wise limit the application of sanctions under any other 15 provision of law or refrain from applying any such sanc- 16 tions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear pro- 17 gram of Iran that includes the United States, commits the 18 United States to take action, or pursuant to which the 19 United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, 20 regardless of the form it takes, whether a political commit- 21 ment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally 22 binding or not, including any joint comprehensive plan of 23 action entered into or made between Iran and any other 24 parties, and any additional materials related thereto, in- 25 cluding annexes, appendices, codicils, side agreements, im- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:04 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2030.IS S2030 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2030 IS plementing materials, documents, and guidance, technical 1 or other understandings, and any related agreements, 2 whether entered into or implemented prior to the agree- 3 ment or to be entered into or implemented in the future, 4 unless the agreement is subject to the advice and consent 5 of the Senate as a treaty and receives the concurrence of 6 two-thirds of Senators. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:04 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2030.IS S2030 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS