To require the approval of Congress before additional countries may join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

SA 1251. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Schumer, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Casey) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 1221 proposed by Mr. Hatch to the bill
H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a
right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of
tax-exempt status of certain organizations; as follows:

At the end of section 107, add the following:
(c) Limitations on Additional Countries Joining the Trans-
Pacific Partnership Agreement.--
(1) In general.--The trade authorities procedures shall
apply to an implementing bill submitted with respect to an
agreement described in subsection (a)(2) with the Trans-
Pacific Partnership countries only if that implementing bill
covers only the countries that are parties to the
negotiations for that agreement as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Applicability of trade authorities procedures to
additional countries.--If a country or countries not a party
to the negotiations for the agreement described in subsection
(a)(2) as of the date of the enactment of this Act enter into
negotiations to join the agreement after that date, the trade
authorities procedures shall apply to an implementing bill
submitted with respect to an agreement with such country or
countries to join the agreement described in subsection
(a)(2) only if--
(A) the President notifies Congress of the intention of the
President to enter into negotiations with such country or
countries in accordance with section 105(a)(1)(A);
(B) during the 90-day period provided for under section
105(a)(1)(A) before the President initiates such
negotiations--
(i) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
each certify that such country or countries are capable of
meeting the standards of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; and
(ii) the House of Representatives and the Senate each
approve a resolution approving such country or countries
entering into negotiations to join the agreement described in
subsection (a)(2);
(C) the agreement with such country or countries to join
the agreement described in subsection (a)(2) is entered into
before--
(i) July 1, 2018; or
(ii) July 1, 2021, if trade authorities procedures are
extended under section 103(c); and
(D) that implementing bill covers only such country or
countries.
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