S.Amdt. 1365

SA 1365. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 106(b), add the following:
(7) For agreements with countries that criminalize
homosexuality.--The trade authorities procedures shall not
apply to an implementing bill submitted with respect to a
trade agreement entered into under section 103(b) with a
country the government of which criminalizes homosexuality or
persecutes or otherwise punishes individuals on the basis of
sexual orientation or gender identity, as identified by the
Secretary of State in the most recent annual Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices under section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n).

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