S.Amdt. 1287

SA 1287. 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 title I, add the following:

SEC. 112. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL ON COMPLIANCE WITH
AND ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS OF TRADE
AGREEMENTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than two years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every
two years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to Congress a report on compliance by
trading partners of the United States with, and enforcement
by Federal agencies of, labor provisions of trade agreements
to which the United States is a party.
(b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall
assess the status of the implementation by trading partners
of the United States of labor provisions of trade agreements
to which the United States is a party during the period
covered by the report, including--
(1) a description of the steps that trading partners have
taken, including any assistance provided by the United States
to carry out those steps, to implement those provisions and
any other labor initiatives, including the results of those
steps;
(2) a description of any submission accepted by the
Department of Labor regarding a possible violation of a labor
provision of a trade agreement to which the United States is
a party and any issues relating to the submission process in
general, as determined by the Comptroller General; and
(3) an assessment of the extent to which Federal agencies
monitor and enforce the implementation by trading partners of
the United States of labor provisions of trade agreements to
which the United States is a party and report the results of
that monitoring and enforcement to Congress.
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