Washington DC - President Donald Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, which would allow the country to enrich uranium for fuel, has been submitted to Congress for approval.

The review of Trump's Saudi Arabia deal is made necessary by Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act, and will see the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee look over it for a period of 90 days.

A decision will be made by both committees during the roughly three-month review window and, unless Congress passes a joint resolution rejecting it, the agreement will come into effect without a vote in the House or Senate.

Under the deal, the US and Saudi Arabia will embark on a process of "peaceful nuclear cooperation" in which Washington will assist Riyadh in establishing a civilian nuclear program.

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"This will be top level, highest standards for nuclear safety and safeguards ever done," said Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a Fox News interview in July. "We're launching a nuclear renaissance."

Throughout the review process – first reported on by the WSJ – it is likely the agreement will face fierce scrutiny from Democrats, as well as Republican lawmakers who are concerned it will trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

In a piece penned for MS NOW, a conglomeration of Senators and Representatives warned "this deal is the starting gun for a Middle East nuclear arms race" and insisted Congress reject it.

"The deal reportedly allows Saudi Arabia to produce weapons-grade uranium and plutonium – the essential ingredients for nuclear weapons," they wrote.

The senators called the deal "corruption dressed up as diplomacy," declaring: "Trump is weakening his own negotiating position while increasing the odds of regional nuclear proliferation."