[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2982-S2983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1286. 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) Report by Secretary of Labor on Labor Laws of Trans-
     Pacific Partnership Countries.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the labor laws of the Trans-
     Pacific Partnership countries.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An assessment of whether the labor laws of each of the 
     Trans-Pacific Partnership countries comply with the Trans-
     Pacific Partnership Agreement.
       (B) If those laws are not in compliance with that 
     agreement, a description of the steps each such country would 
     be required to take to comply with the agreement during the 
     following periods:
       (i) Before the agreement is signed.
       (ii) Before the agreement is implemented.
       (iii) After the agreement takes effect.
       (C) An assessment of the monitoring, investigatory, and 
     enforcement mechanisms that each such country has in place to 
     ensure continued compliance with the labor standards under 
     that agreement.

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