The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA) (, Pub.L 114–17) is a bill that was passed by the United States Congress in May 2015, giving Congress the right to review any agreement reached in the then ongoing P5+1 talks with Iran aiming to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA).
The bill passed in the Senate by a 98–1 vote (only Republican Tom Cotton voted against), and then passed in the House by a vote of 400–25 on May 14. President Barack Obama threatened to veto the bill, but eventually a version arrived that had enough support to override any veto, and Obama signed it into law on May 22, 2015.
Larry Klayman filed a lawsuit, alleging that the law was an unconstitutional abrogation of the Senate's Treaty Power. The lawsuit was dismissed for lack of standing.
In 2022, a group of Republican Senators said an agreement to return to the JCPOA required congressional review under INARA, while others said the JCPOA has already been through such a review.Republican senators threaten to block Iran deal , Laura Kelly, The Hill, February 8, 2022.
See also Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the final negotiated international agreement Iran Nuclear Achievements Protection Act, passed by Iranian Parliament Negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
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