S. 2874Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)In Committee

A bill to terminate certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.

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The bill ends specific waivers of U.S. sanctions that were granted to Iran under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It applies to certain nuclear-related activities and prevents the President from issuing any new waivers for those same activities. The measure targets Iran’s nuclear program and the sanctions framework that governs it.

Key Provisions

All waivers of sanctions under sections 1244‑1247 of the Iran Freedom and Counter‑Proliferation Act that were issued for JCPOA‑related nuclear activities are terminated as of the bill’s enactment.
The President is barred from issuing any new waivers for those same activities after the bill becomes law.
The terminated activities include: (1) the redesign of the Arak heavy‑water reactor, (2) the transfer of enriched uranium to Iran for the Tehran Research Reactor, and (3) the modification of two centrifuge cascades at the Fordow facility for non‑sensitive purposes.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

November 14, 2019

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

November 14, 2019

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Introduced in SenateIssued November 14, 2019

116th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2874

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 14, 2019

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To terminate certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.

Termination of certain waivers of sanctions with respect to nuclear activities in or with Iran

(a)

In general

Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, any waiver of the application of sanctions provided for under sections 1244, 1245, 1246, and 1247 of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803, 8804, 8805, and 8806) for or to enable an activity described in subsection (b) is terminated, and the President may not issue a new such waiver for such an activity on or after such date of enactment.

(b)

Activities described

An activity described in this subsection is a nuclear activity in or with Iran with respect to which a waiver described in subsection (a) was issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including the following:

(1)

The Arak reactor redesign.

(2)

The transfer into Iran of enriched uranium for the Tehran Research Reactor.

(3)

The modification of 2 centrifuge cascades at the Fordow facility for nonsensitive purposes.

(c)

Joint comprehensive plan of action defined

In this section, the term Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and all implementing materials and agreements related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.