[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2997-S2998]
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SA 1341. 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:
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At the end, add the following:
TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 301. ELIMINATION OF CONSUMPTIVE DEMAND EXCEPTION TO
PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE WITH
CONVICT LABOR, FORCED LABOR, OR INDENTURED
LABOR; REPORT.
(a) Elimination of Consumptive Demand Exception.--
(1) In general.--Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1307) is amended by striking ``The provisions of this
section'' and all that follows through ``of the United
States.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter,
the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives a report on compliance with section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) that includes the
following:
(1) The number of instances in which merchandise was denied
entry pursuant to that section during the 1-year period
preceding the submission of the report.
(2) A description of the merchandise denied entry pursuant
to that section.
(3) Such other information as the Commissioner considers
appropriate with respect to monitoring and enforcing
compliance with that section.
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