S.Amdt. 1409

SA 1409. 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 subject united states workers to
unfair competition on the basis of wages.--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--
(A) establishes a minimum wage that each party to the
agreement is required to establish and maintain before the
trade agreement is implemented; and
(B) stipulates that the minimum wage required for each
party to the agreement increase over time, to continuously
reduce the disparity between the lowest and highest minimum
wages paid by parties to the agreement.
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