S.Amdt. 1148Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)
S.Amdt. 1148
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Submitted April 23, 2015
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SA 1148. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING SANCTIONS RELIEF. The President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and any other Executive branch officer or agency may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement described under section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by section 2 of this Act, until the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Iran has fully and verifiably-- (1) reduced by approximately two-thirds its installed centrifuges, with the remaining 6,104 centrifuges being IR- 1s, Iran's first-generation centrifuge; (2) halted any uranium enrichment over 3.67 percent and agreed to continue to do so for at least 15 years; (3) reduced its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to 300 kilograms of 3.67 percent low-enriched uranium (LEU); (4) placed all excess centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitored storage to be used only as replacements for operating centrifuges and equipment; (5) agreed to not build any new facilities for the purpose of enriching uranium for 15 years; (6) halted enrichment of uranium at the Fordow facility and agreed to continue this moratorium for 15 years; (7) converted the Fordow facility into a nuclear, physics, technology, and research center for peaceful purposes only; (8) halted research and development associated with uranium enrichment at Fordow and agreed to continue this moratorium for 15 years; (9) removed almost two-thirds of Fordow's centrifuges and infrastructure, ensured that the remaining centrifuges are not enriching uranium, and placed all centrifuges and related infrastructure under IAEA monitoring; (10) removed advanced centrifuges at Natanz, and is only enriching uranium using IR-1 models and has agreed to continue this arrangement for 10 years; (11) removed the 1,000 IR-2M centrifuges currently installed at Natanz and placed them in IAEA-monitored storage and agreed to keep them there for 10 years; (12) halted use of its IR-2, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, or IR-8 models to produce enriched uranium and committed to continue this for at least ten years. (13) begun to abide by the schedule and parameters for limited centrifuge research and development agreed to by the P5+1 countries; (14) provided regular access to all of Iran's nuclear facilities, including to Iran's enrichment facility at Natanz and its former enrichment facility at Fordow, and is allowing the use of the most up-to-date, modern monitoring technologies; (15) provided inspectors with access to the supply chain that supports Iran's nuclear program; (16) provided access to uranium mines and continuous surveillance at uranium mills, where Iran produces yellowcake, and has committed to continue to do so for 25 years; (17) provided inspectors with access to allow continuous surveillance of Iran's centrifuge rotors and bellows production and storage facilities, and has committed to continue to do so for 20 years; (18) placed all centrifuges and enrichment infrastructure removed from Fordow and Natanz under continuous monitoring by the IAEA; (19) begun to use only the dedicated procurement channel for Iran's nuclear program to monitor and approve, on a case by case basis, the supply, sale, or transfer to Iran of certain nuclear-related and dual use materials and technology; (20) implemented the Additional Protocol of the IAEA and committed to adhere to the Additional Protocol permanently; (21) committed to grant access to the IAEA to investigate any suspicious sites or allegations of a covert enrichment facility, conversion facility, centrifuge production facility, or yellowcake production facility anywhere in the country, including at military sites; (22) implemented Modified Code 3.1 requiring early notification of construction of new facilities; (23) redesigned and rebuilt the heavy water research reactor in Arak based on a design agreed to by the P5+1 countries and ensured that the reactor will not produce weapons grade plutonium; (24) destroyed or removed from the country the original core of the Arak reactor; (25) committed to ship all spent fuel from the Arak reactor out of the country; (26) halted any reprocessing or reprocessing research and development on spent nuclear fuel; (27) committed to not accumulate heavy water in excess of the needs of the modified Arak reactor, and to sell any remaining heavy water on the international market for 15 years; and (28) halted building of any additional heavy water reactors and committed to continue this moratorium for 15 years. ______