[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1282. 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:

       On page 33, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       (H) to incorporate into the agreement the due process 
     protections of the Constitution of the United States and 
     provisions of the Constitution relating to access to 
     documents, open hearings, transparency, and fair and 
     impartial tribunals;
       (I) to require that any dispute settlement panel, including 
     an appellate panel, considering a dispute relating to 
     intellectual property rights or environmental, health, labor, 
     or other related issues include panelists with expertise in 
     the issues that are the subject of the dispute; and
       (J) to require that dispute resolution proceedings be open 
     to the public and provide timely public access to information 
     regarding enforcement of the agreement, disputes under the 
     agreement, and ongoing negotiations relating to disputes 
     under the agreement.
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