S.Amdt. 2045

SA 2045. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING IRAN DIPLOMACY.

It is the policy of the United States as follows:
(1) Achieving a diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear
program, one that the United States had in place prior to
President Trump's unilateral abrogation from the JCPOA, would
represent a meaningful step to preventing a future armed
conflict between the United States and Iran, one which would
result in the untold loss of life and treasure.
(2) While the United States no longer has standing in the
Joint Commission or the Dispute Resolution mechanism
triggered by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom on
January 14, 2020, it should support good-faith efforts to
achieve one or both of the following:
(A) Returning all sides to not less than full compliance
with its commitments under the JCPOA and refraining from
imposing or threatening to impose economic penalties on
France, Germany, or the United Kingdom.
(B) Negotiating an interim agreement that provides Iran
with tailored, temporary economic relief in exchange for
verifiable measures by Iran that reverses steps taken since
May 2019 with respect to its nuclear program.
(3) Provided that all sides verifiably return to compliance
with no less than its commitments under the JCPOA, or to
build upon the progress of an interim agreement described in
paragraph (2)(B), the United States and the other P5+1
parties should seek out negotiations with Iran, prior to
2023, towards a new comprehensive agreement that closes off
all Iranian paths to a nuclear weapon by--
(A) addressing the sunset of certain provisions of the
JCPOA in 2026; and
(B) advancing any other measures that advance United States
and international security.
(4) Parallel to one or more of the actions described in
paragraph (2), the United States and its international
partners should seek to address other aspects of Iran's
destabilizing actions in the region and work to bring Iran
back to compliance with its human rights obligations.

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(5) No JCPOA Participating State should issue a claim of
``significant nonperformance'' by Iran to the United Nations
Security Council outside of the Dispute Resolution mechanism
detailed in paragraphs 36 and 37 of the JCPOA.
(6) The United States should, consistent with its JCPOA
commitments, issue waivers for cooperative projects specified
in the JCPOA, all of which make it more difficult for Iran to
reconstitute activities that pose a proliferation risk,
thereby advancing United States and international security.
(7) The United States should create an environment in which
financial institutions and entities can make practical use of
existing exemptions and mechanisms ``allowing for the sale of
agricultural commodities, food, medicine, and medical devices
to Iran,'' as well as other humanitarian trade.
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