S.Amdt. 1282

SA 1282. 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:

On page 33, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(H) to incorporate into the agreement the due process
protections of the Constitution of the United States and
provisions of the Constitution relating to access to
documents, open hearings, transparency, and fair and
impartial tribunals;
(I) to require that any dispute settlement panel, including
an appellate panel, considering a dispute relating to
intellectual property rights or environmental, health, labor,
or other related issues include panelists with expertise in
the issues that are the subject of the dispute; and
(J) to require that dispute resolution proceedings be open
to the public and provide timely public access to information
regarding enforcement of the agreement, disputes under the
agreement, and ongoing negotiations relating to disputes
under the agreement.
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