S.Amdt. 1368

SA 1368. Mr. MERKLEY 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:

In section 103(b), strike paragraph (2) and insert the
following:
(2) Conditions.--
(A) In general.--A trade agreement may be entered into
under this subsection only if such agreement makes progress
in meeting the applicable objectives described in subsections
(a) and (b) of section 102 and the President satisfies the
conditions set forth in sections 104 and 105.
(B) Protection of the environment, public health, and
consumers.--A trade agreement may be entered into under this
subsection only if such agreement exempts policies for
protecting the environment, public health, and consumers from
any investor-state dispute settlement provisions included in
the agreement.
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