S.Amdt. 1267

SA 1267. Mr. BROWN 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; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end of section 107, add the following:
(c) Limitation on Additional Countries Joining the Trans-
Pacific Partnership Negotiations.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
section shall not apply with respect to an agreement
described in subsection (a)(2) with the Trans-Pacific
Partnership countries if a country that is not a party to the
negotiations for that agreement as of the date of the
enactment of this Act joins those negotiations.
(2) Approval by congress.--This section shall apply to an
agreement described in subsection (a)(2) with the Trans-
Pacific Partnership countries if, for each country that joins
the negotiations for the agreement after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the House of Representatives and the
Senate each approve a resolution approving that country
joining the negotiations.
(3) Certification.--Before a resolution described in
paragraph (2) with respect to a country may be voted on by
the House of Representatives or the Senate, the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Finance of the Senate, as the case may be, shall
certify that the country meets the standards for the Trans-
Pacific Partnership.
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