S.Amdt. 1382

SA 1382. Ms. STABENOW 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:

Beginning on page 2, strike line 11 and all that follows
through page 4, line 6, and insert the following:
(1) to achieve an overall balance of payments over a
reasonable period of time, eliminate persistent trade
deficits, and reverse the accumulation of foreign debt;
(2) to obtain the reduction or elimination of barriers and
distortions that are directly related to trade and investment
and that increase the United States trade deficit;
(3) to further strengthen the system of international trade
and investment disciplines and procedures, including dispute
settlement;
(4) to foster economic growth, raise living standards,
enhance the competitiveness of the United States, promote
full employment in the United States, and substantially
reduce global current account imbalances;
(5) to ensure that trade and environmental policies are
mutually supportive and to seek to protect and preserve the
environment and enhance the international means of doing so,
while optimizing the use of the world's resources;
(6) to promote respect for worker rights and the rights of
children consistent with core labor standards of the ILO (as
set out in section 111(7)) and an understanding of the
relationship between trade and worker rights;
(7) to seek provisions in trade agreements under which
parties to those agreements ensure that they do not weaken or
reduce the protections afforded in domestic environmental and
labor laws as an encouragement for trade;
(8) to ensure that trade agreements afford small businesses
equal access to international markets amd increased net
export results and provide for the reduction or elimination
of trade and investment barriers that disproportionately
impact small businesses;
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