Sec. 301. Report on Iranian nuclear and economic capabilities
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Not later that 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the following: An estimate of the timeline for Iranian capabilities to develop nuclear weapons, including— a nuclear explosive device; and breakout capacity. An assessment of Iranian strategy and capabilities relating to development of nuclear weapons, including— a summary and analysis of current nuclear weapons capabilities; an estimate of the amount and sources of funding expended by, and an analysis of procurement networks utilized by, Iran to develop its nuclear weapons capabilities; a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces; a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces as delivery systems for a nuclear device; and an estimate of the amount and sources of funding expended by, and an analysis of procurement networks utilized by, Iran on programs to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
Projected economic effects of international sanctions on Iran, including— sources of funding for the activities of the Government of Iran described in paragraphs
(1)and (2); the role of the Government of Iran in the formal and informal sector of the domestic Iranian economy; evasive and other efforts by the Government of Iran to circumvent international and bilateral sanctions regimes; and Iran’s capital accounts, current accounts, foreign exchange reserve levels (including access to foreign exchange reserves), and other leading macroeconomic indicators, and estimated timelines with respect to Iran’s macroeconomic viability, including Iran’s exhaustion of foreign exchange reserves. The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. In this section: The term nuclear explosive device means any device, whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from special nuclear material that is greater than the amount of energy that would be released from the detonation of one pound of trinitrotoluene (TNT). The term breakout capacity means the point at which a country is able to produce enough weapon-grade uranium (or sufficient separated plutonium) for one or more nuclear explosive devices. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.