[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1276. 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 title I, add the following:

     SEC. 112. ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS OF TRANS-PACIFIC 
                   PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly 
     submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a 
     report assessing the food safety systems of the countries 
     involved in the negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership 
     agreement.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include, with respect to each country involved in the 
     negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, the 
     following:
       (1) An assessment of the following:
       (A) The food safety legal and regulatory system in place in 
     that country.
       (B) The microbiological and chemical contaminant standards 
     used by that country, as compared to such standards in the 
     United States.
       (C) The frequency of testing conducted for microbiological 
     and chemical contaminants by the government of that country.
       (D) The food safety laboratory capacity for that country.
       (E) The food safety inspection system used by that country 
     and the frequency of such inspections.
       (F) Whether that country has a formal food safety 
     equivalency agreement or a similar agreement in effect with 
     the United States.
       (G) The volume of food products imported into the United 
     States from that country, expressed in pounds amd broken down 
     by classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
     United States, for each of the 5 years preceding the date of 
     the report.
       (H) The amount of each such food product that received 
     physical inspection at United States ports of entry each year 
     during the 5-year period preceding the date of the report, 
     expressed as a percentage of the total number of pounds 
     imported from that country during that 5-year period.
       (I) The amount of each such food product that received 
     laboratory analysis by United States food safety authorities 
     each year during that 5-year period, expressed as a 
     percentage of the total number of pounds imported from that 
     country during that 5-year period.
       (2) A list of food products that country rejected for 
     exportation to the United States during that 5-year period.
       (3) A description of any incidents that led to complete 
     bans of food products from being exported to the United 
     States from that country during that 5-year period and the 
     reasons for such bans.
       (4) A description of any incidents in which that country 
     has been found to have transshipped food products the 
     importation of which is prohibited by the United States from 
     other foreign countries for exportation to the United States.
       (5) A description of major food safety incidents within 
     that country during the 5 years preceding the date of the 
     report that have raised concerns about the food safety system 
     of the country.
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