Rep. Andy Barr will introduce a resolution Tuesday morning that forbids the Biden administration from using federal funds to reenter the Iran nuclear deal.
The legislation elevates the role of the Senate in foreign policy matters, mandating that any part of the Iran deal that requires federal dollars must be accompanied by written statements to Congress from the administration and that the Senate can assume its powers to oversee the agreement as a treaty process.
Barr will push the act through both the House Foreign Affairs and Financial Services committees under the title of the "JCPOA Advise and Consent Act of 2021." The Kentucky Republican said the act intends to make Congress a firewall for any executive action related to the Iran deal, from which then-President Trump withdrew in 2018.
The bill comes as the Biden administration inches toward officially reentering negotiations with Iran either to rejoin the nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration or construct a new deal.
Malley has repeatedly signaled his own commitment to restoring a dialogue between Washington and Tehran, and President Biden campaigned on a platform supporting the Iran deal.
Congressional Republicans and some Democrats have expressed concern about any design from the Biden administration that would return the United States into a deal with Iran.
One general said that rejoining the Iran deal goes beyond politics and is instead about the very survival of the Jewish state.
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