Congressional Oversight of Iranian Compliance with Nuclear Agreements

Statutory Text

“(3) Material breach report.—Not later than 30 calendar days after submitting information about a potentially significant breach or compliance incident pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall make a determination whether such potentially significant breach or compliance issue constitutes a material breach and, if there is such a material breach, whether Iran has cured such material breach, and shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership such determination, accompanied by, as appropriate, a report on the action or failure to act by Iran that led to the material breach, actions necessary for Iran to cure the breach, and the status of Iran’s efforts to cure the breach.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 114-17 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted May 22, 2015 (Pub. L. 114-17).
2. Deadline runs from an event, not a calendar date: 30 days after submitting information about a potentially significant breach or compliance incident pursuant to paragraph (2).
3. No date can be set until the triggering event is publicly documented.

Delivery Status

Not publicly verifiable

Public Evidence

• No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

• GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 114-17 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
• Federal Register API: phrase “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act”: 1 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
• MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

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Review

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