[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2979]
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  SA 1268. 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:

       Strike section 104(a)(2) and insert the following:
       (2) Consultations prior to entry into force.--
       (A) In general.--Prior to exchanging notes providing for 
     the entry into force of a trade agreement, the United States 
     Trade Representative shall consult closely and on a timely 
     basis with Members of Congress and committees as specified in 
     paragraph (1), and keep them fully apprised of the measures a 
     trading partner has taken to comply with those provisions of 
     the agreement that are to take effect on the date that the 
     agreement enters into force.
       (B) Vote by committee on ways and means and committee on 
     finance before entry into force.--
       (i) Notice.--Not later than 90 days before a trade 
     agreement enters into force, the United States Trade 
     Representative shall submit to Members of Congress and the 
     committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     with jurisdiction over laws that could be affected by the 
     agreement written notice that the agreement will enter into 
     force.
       (ii) Vote by committee on ways and means and committee on 
     finance.--Not later than 30 days after receiving notice under 
     clause (i) that a trade agreement will enter into force, the 
     Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Finance of the Senate shall each meet 
     and vote on whether or not each country that is a party to 
     the agreement meets the standards of the agreement.
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