[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1348. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and 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 102(b), add the following:
       (21) Worst forms of child labor.--The principal negotiating 
     objectives of the United States with respect to the worst 
     forms of child labor are--
       (A) to prevent distortions in the conduct of international 
     trade caused by the use of the worst forms of child labor, in 
     whole or in part, in the production of goods for export in 
     international commerce; and
       (B) to redress unfair and illegitimate competition based 
     upon the use of the worst forms of child labor, in whole or 
     in part, in the production of goods for export in 
     international commerce, including by--
       (i) promoting universal ratification and full compliance by 
     all trading partners of the United States with ILO Convention 
     No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for 
     the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor;
       (ii) clarifying the right under subsections (a) and (b) of 
     Article XX of GATT 1994 to enact and enforce national 
     measures that are necessary to protect public morals or to 
     protect human, animal, or plant life or health, including 
     measures that limit or ban the importation of goods or 
     services that are produced through the use of the worst forms 
     of child labor;
       (iii) ensuring that any multilateral or bilateral trade 
     agreement that is entered into by the United States requires 
     all parties to such agreement to enact and enforce laws that 
     satisfy their international legal obligations to prevent the 
     use of the worst forms of child labor, especially in the 
     conduct of international trade; and
       (iv) providing for strong enforcement of laws that require 
     all trading partners of the United States to prevent the use 
     of the worst forms of child labor, especially in the conduct 
     of international trade, through accessible, expeditious, and 
     effective civil, administrative, and criminal enforcement 
     mechanisms, including procedures to impound at the border or 
     otherwise refuse entry of goods made, in whole or in part, 
     through the use of the worst forms of child labor.
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