[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2983]
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  SA 1287. 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. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL ON COMPLIANCE WITH 
                   AND ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS OF TRADE 
                   AGREEMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than two years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 
     two years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report on compliance by 
     trading partners of the United States with, and enforcement 
     by Federal agencies of, labor provisions of trade agreements 
     to which the United States is a party.
       (b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall 
     assess the status of the implementation by trading partners 
     of the United States of labor provisions of trade agreements 
     to which the United States is a party during the period 
     covered by the report, including--
       (1) a description of the steps that trading partners have 
     taken, including any assistance provided by the United States 
     to carry out those steps, to implement those provisions and 
     any other labor initiatives, including the results of those 
     steps;
       (2) a description of any submission accepted by the 
     Department of Labor regarding a possible violation of a labor 
     provision of a trade agreement to which the United States is 
     a party and any issues relating to the submission process in 
     general, as determined by the Comptroller General; and
       (3) an assessment of the extent to which Federal agencies 
     monitor and enforce the implementation by trading partners of 
     the United States of labor provisions of trade agreements to 
     which the United States is a party and report the results of 
     that monitoring and enforcement to Congress.
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