S.Amdt. 1401

SA 1401. 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:

On page 100, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(7) For agreements that undermine protection of the
environment, public health, and consumers.--The trade
authorities procedures shall not apply to an implementing
bill submitted with respect to a trade agreement entered into
under section 103(b) unless the 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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