Corker To Hold Business Meeting On Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act Of 2015

  • Monday, April 13, 2015

U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will preside over a committee business meeting to debate and vote on his bill, S.615, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. 

The business meeting will be webcast on the committee website. Please click here to watch the proceedings live.

The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would require any final agreement with Iran to be submitted to Congress for a 60-day review period before congressionally-mandated sanctions on Iran could be waived or suspended by the president. The legislation was coauthored by Senators Corker, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Cosponsors of the bill include Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Bill Nelson (D- Fla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Angus King (I-Maine), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dean Heller (R-NV), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.). 

For text and a summary of the bill, click here.

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