[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 1347. Mr. MENENDEZ 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:
After section 106, insert the following:
SEC. 107. WITHDRAWAL FROM TRADE AGREEMENTS THAT LEAD TO
OUTSOURCING OF MANUFACTURING JOBS.
(a) Notifications of Decrease in Manufacturing Employment
by Congressional Budget Office.--The Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall notify Congress if, at any
time during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which
a trade agreement entered into under section 103(b) enters
into force, the Director determines that manufacturing
employment in the United States has decreased by 100,000 jobs
or more since the entry into force of the agreement.
(b) Withdrawal.--The United States shall withdraw from a
trade agreement entered into under section 103(b) on the date
of the enactment of a joint resolution of withdrawal under
subsection (c) with respect to that agreement.
(c) Joint Resolution of Withdrawal.--
(1) Joint resolution of withdrawal defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``joint resolution of withdrawal'', with
respect to a trade agreement entered into under section
103(b), means only a joint resolution of either House of
Congress the sole matter after the resolving clause of which
is as follows: ``That the United States withdraws from the
trade agreement with _____.'', with the blank space being
filled with the country or countries that are parties to the
agreement.
(2) Introduction.--During the 60-day period beginning on
the date on which the Director submits to Congress a
notification under subsection (a), any Member of the House or
Senate may introduce a joint resolution of withdrawal.
(3) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of withdrawal
shall not be referred to a committee in the House of
Representatives or the Senate.
(4) Floor consideration.--The provisions of subsections (d)
and (e) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2192) (relating to the floor consideration of certain
resolutions in the House and Senate) apply to a joint
resolution of withdrawal to the same extent such provisions
apply to joint resolutions under subsection (a) of that
section.
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