[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3190-S3191]
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SA 1412. Mr. MANCHIN 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:
Beginning on page 45, strike line 10 and all that follows
through page 49, line 20, and insert the following:
(c) Extension Approval Process for Congressional Trade
Authorities Procedures.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in section 106(b)--
(A) the trade authorities procedures apply to implementing
bills submitted with respect to trade agreements entered into
under subsection (b) before July 1, 2018; and
(B) the trade authorities procedures shall be extended to
implementing bills submitted with respect to trade agreements
entered into under subsection (b) after June 30, 2018, and
before July 1, 2021, if (and only if)--
(i) the President requests such extension under paragraph
(2); and
(ii) an extension approval resolution is enacted under
paragraph (5) before July 1, 2018.
(2) Report to congress by the president.--If the President
is of the opinion that the trade authorities procedures
should be extended to implementing bills described in
paragraph (1)(B), the President shall submit to Congress, not
later than April 1, 2018, a written report that contains a
request for such extension, together with--
(A) a description of all trade agreements that have been
negotiated under subsection (b) and the anticipated schedule
for submitting such agreements to Congress for approval;
(B) a description of the progress that has been made in
negotiations to achieve the purposes, policies, priorities,
and objectives of this title, and a statement that such
progress justifies the continuation of negotiations; and
(C) a statement of the reasons why the extension is needed
to complete the negotiations.
(3) Other reports to congress.--
(A) Report by the advisory committee.--The President shall
promptly inform the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and
Negotiations established under section 135 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) of the decision of the President to
submit a report to Congress under paragraph (2). The Advisory
Committee shall submit to Congress as soon as practicable,
but not later than June 1, 2018, a written report that
contains--
(i) its views regarding the progress that has been made in
negotiations to achieve the purposes, policies, priorities,
and objectives of this title; and
(ii) a statement of its views, and the reasons therefor,
regarding whether the extension requested under paragraph (2)
should be approved or disapproved.
(B) Report by international trade commission.--The
President shall promptly inform the United States
International Trade Commission of the decision of the
President to submit a report to Congress under paragraph (2).
The International Trade Commission shall submit to Congress
as soon as practicable, but not later than June 1, 2018, a
written report that contains a review and analysis of the
economic impact on the United States of all trade agreements
implemented between the date of the enactment of this Act and
the date on which the President decides to seek an extension
requested under paragraph (2).
(4) Status of reports.--The reports submitted to Congress
under paragraphs (2) and (3), or any portion of such reports,
may be classified to the extent the President determines
appropriate.
(5) Extension approval resolution.--(A) For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term ``extension approval resolution''
means a joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the
request of the President for the extension, under section
103(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, of the trade
authorities procedures under that Act to any implementing
bill submitted with respect to any trade agreement entered
into under section 103(b) of that Act after June 30, 2018.''.
(B) Extension approval resolutions--
(i) may be introduced in either House of Congress by any
member of such House; and
(ii) shall be referred, in the House of Representatives, to
the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, to the
Committee on Rules.
(C) 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 extension approval resolutions.
(D) It is not in order for--
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(i) the House of Representatives to consider any extension
approval resolution not reported by the Committee on Ways and
Means and, in addition, by the Committee on Rules;
(ii) the Senate to consider any extension approval
resolution not reported by the Committee on Finance; or
(iii) either House of Congress to consider an extension
approval resolution after June 30, 2018.
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