[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2979]
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  SA 1267. Mr. BROWN 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:

       At the end of section 107, add the following:
       (c) Limitation on Additional Countries Joining the Trans-
     Pacific Partnership Negotiations.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this 
     section shall not apply with respect to an agreement 
     described in subsection (a)(2) with the Trans-Pacific 
     Partnership countries if a country that is not a party to the 
     negotiations for that agreement as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act joins those negotiations.
       (2) Approval by congress.--This section shall apply to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a)(2) with the Trans-
     Pacific Partnership countries if, for each country that joins 
     the negotiations for the agreement after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate each approve a resolution approving that country 
     joining the negotiations.
       (3) Certification.--Before a resolution described in 
     paragraph (2) with respect to a country may be voted on by 
     the House of Representatives or the Senate, the Committee on 
     Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the 
     Committee on Finance of the Senate, as the case may be, shall 
     certify that the country meets the standards for the Trans-
     Pacific Partnership.
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