S.Amdt. 1397

SA 1397. 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

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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 100, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(7) For agreements that undermine states and local
governments.--The trade authorities procedures shall not
apply to an implementing bill submitted with respect to a
trade agreement entered into under section 103(b) that
includes provisions that could subject policies of State or
local governments in the United States to claims by foreign
investors that would be decided outside the United States
legal system.
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