Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Iranian Enrichment Monitoring Act of 2023”.
Iranian Enrichment Monitoring Act of 2023
A BILL
To modify the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
Congressional leadership— The term congressional leadership means—
the majority leader of the Senate;
the minority leader of the Senate;
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
Significant enrichment activity— The term significant enrichment activity means—
any enrichment of any amount of uranium-235 to a purity percentage that is 5 percent higher than the purity percentage indicated in the prior notification to Congress under section 3(a); or
any enrichment of uranium-235 in a quantity exceeding 10 kilograms.
Sec. 3 Notification to Congress
In general— Not later than 48 hours after the Director of National Intelligence determines that the Islamic Republic of Iran has produced or possesses any amount of uranium-235 enriched to greater than 60 percent purity, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership a notification of such determination.
Classified notice to members of Congress— Not later than 24 hours after the submission of the notification under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a 1-page document with respect to the determination, which shall be—
made available to any member of the Senate or the House of Representatives; and
classified at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level.
Subsequent notifications— If the Director of National Intelligence determines that the Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in significant enrichment activity subsequent to the submission of a notification under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership—
not later than 48 hours after making a determination that such significant enrichment activity has occurred, a notification of the determination; and
not later than 24 hours after the submission of the notification under paragraph (1), a 1-page document with respect to the determination.