S.Amdt. 1337

SA 1337. Mr. CASEY 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 90, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(1) Certification that negotiating objectives have been
achieved.--
(A) Consideration by committee on ways and means and
committee on finance.--Not later than 90 days after the
President submits to Congress a copy of the final legal text
of a trade agreement under subsection (a)(1)(E), the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate shall each meet,
consider whether or not the agreement achieves the
negotiating objectives set forth in section 102, and vote on
whether to certify that the agreement achieves those
objectives.
(B) Applicability of trade authorities procedures.--The
trade authorities procedures shall not apply to an
implementing bill submitted with respect to a trade agreement
unless the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
both vote to certify under subparagraph (A) that the
agreement achieves the negotiating objectives set forth in
section 102.
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