[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 1310. Mr. BENNET 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, add the following:

                        TITLE III--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 301. ENFORCEMENT UNDER TITLE III OF THE TRADE ACT OF 
                   1974 WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTS, POLICIES, 
                   AND PRACTICES RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

       Section 301(d)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
     2411(d)(3)(B)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in clause (iii)(V), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``, or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) constitutes a persistent pattern of conduct by the 
     government of the foreign country under which that 
     government--
       ``(I) fails to effectively enforce the environmental laws 
     of the foreign country,
       ``(II) waives or otherwise derogates from the environmental 
     laws of the foreign country or weakens the protections 
     afforded by such laws,
       ``(III) fails to provide for judicial or administrative 
     proceedings giving access to remedies for violations of the 
     environmental laws of the foreign country,
       ``(IV) fails to provide appropriate and effective sanctions 
     or remedies for violations of the environmental laws of the 
     foreign country, or
       ``(V) fails to effectively enforce environmental 
     commitments under agreements to which the foreign country and 
     the United States are a party.''.
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