Sec. 101. Transmission to Congress of agreements with Iran and assessment reports with respect to such agreements
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Not later than 5 days after entering into a long-term comprehensive solution or any agreement to extend the Joint Plan of Action entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees— the text of the agreement; a verification assessment report of the Secretary of State prepared under subsection
(b)with respect to the agreement; and an economic sanctions relief assessment report of the Secretary of the Treasury prepared under subsection
(c)with respect to the agreement. The Secretary of State shall, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, prepare, with respect to each agreement described in subsection (a), a report assessing the extent to which the Secretary will be able to verify that Iran is complying with its obligations under the agreement. In preparing a report under paragraph
(1)with respect to an agreement described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall assume that Iran could— use all measures not expressly prohibited by the agreement to conceal activities that violate its obligations under the agreement; and alter or deviate from standard practices in order to impede efforts to verify that Iran is complying with those obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, prepare, with respect to each agreement described in subsection (a), a report assessing the extent to which the economy of Iran— has, as of the date of the report, directly and indirectly benefited from sanctions relief pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action; and is likely, over the course of the agreement, to directly and indirectly benefit from proposed sanctions relief, including enhanced trade and market opportunities, pursuant to the agreement. Each report under subsection
(b)or
(c)shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.