[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1308. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. Boxer) 
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 102(b), add the following:
       (21) Protecting clean air, water, and food.--The principal 
     negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to 
     clean air, clean water, and food safety are to preserve the 
     rights of all governments to regulate and enact laws 
     providing for public health and environmental protections and 
     to ensure the rights of all governments to exercise any legal 
     rights or safeguards, including under any existing law or 
     regulation, to protect and provide clean air, clean water, 
     and safe food without the threat of trade-related penalties.
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