S.Amdt. 1293

SA 1293. 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:

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following:
(iii) recognizing that laws and rules that distinguish the
availability, acquisition, scope, maintenance, use, and
enforcement for medical products are not discriminatory and
the legal rights of trading partners to implement safeguards
for the protection of access to medicines and public health,
in accordance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (known as the ``TRIPS
Agreement''), signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 15,
1994;
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