S.Amdt. 1286

SA 1286. 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) Report by Secretary of Labor on Labor Laws of Trans-
Pacific Partnership Countries.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall
submit to Congress a report on the labor laws of the Trans-
Pacific Partnership countries.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) An assessment of whether the labor laws of each of the
Trans-Pacific Partnership countries comply with the Trans-
Pacific Partnership Agreement.
(B) If those laws are not in compliance with that
agreement, a description of the steps each such country would
be required to take to comply with the agreement during the
following periods:
(i) Before the agreement is signed.
(ii) Before the agreement is implemented.
(iii) After the agreement takes effect.
(C) An assessment of the monitoring, investigatory, and
enforcement mechanisms that each such country has in place to
ensure continued compliance with the labor standards under
that agreement.

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