S.Amdt. 1310

SA 1310. Mr. BENNET 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, add the following:

TITLE III--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 301. ENFORCEMENT UNDER TITLE III OF THE TRADE ACT OF
1974 WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTS, POLICIES,
AND PRACTICES RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Section 301(d)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2411(d)(3)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in clause (iii)(V), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``, or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) constitutes a persistent pattern of conduct by the
government of the foreign country under which that
government--
``(I) fails to effectively enforce the environmental laws
of the foreign country,
``(II) waives or otherwise derogates from the environmental
laws of the foreign country or weakens the protections
afforded by such laws,
``(III) fails to provide for judicial or administrative
proceedings giving access to remedies for violations of the
environmental laws of the foreign country,
``(IV) fails to provide appropriate and effective sanctions
or remedies for violations of the environmental laws of the
foreign country, or
``(V) fails to effectively enforce environmental
commitments under agreements to which the foreign country and
the United States are a party.''.
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