[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1367. Mr. MERKLEY 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:

       In section 103(b), strike paragraph (2) and insert the 
     following:
       (2) Conditions.--
       (A) In general.--A trade agreement may be entered into 
     under this subsection only if such agreement makes progress 
     in meeting the applicable objectives described in subsections 
     (a) and (b) of section 102 and the President satisfies the 
     conditions set forth in sections 104 and 105.
       (B) Prohibition on certain agreements.--A trade agreement 
     may not be entered into under this subsection if such 
     agreement could subject policies of State or local 
     governments in the United States to claims by foreign 
     investors that would be decided outside the United States 
     legal system.
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