[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1426. Ms. HIRONO 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:

       On page 64, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       (f) Consultations With Trade Advisory Committees.--
       (1) In general.--Section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2155) is amended by striking subsection (m) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(m) Congressional Consultations With Advisory 
     Committees.--
       ``(1) Consultations by congressional committees.--An 
     appropriate congressional committee may request consultations 
     with an advisory committee established under subsection (b) 
     or (c) with respect to trade agreements in effect or 
     negotiations for trade agreements.
       ``(2) Consultations by members of congress and 
     congressional staff.--Members of Congress and staff of such 
     Members with proper security clearances may consult with 
     individual members of an advisory committee established under 
     subsection (b) or (c) with respect to negotiations for trade 
     agreements in effect or negotiations for trade agreements.
       ``(3) Applicability of certain faca requirements.--The 
     approval of the designated Federal officer for an advisory 
     committee established under subsection (b) or (c) shall not 
     be required with respect to consultations under paragraphs 
     (1) and (2).
       ``(n) Reports.--
       ``(1) In general.--An advisory committee established under 
     subsection (b) or (c) may at any time submit to the President 
     a report on matters being considered by the committee without 
     the approval of the designated Federal officer for that 
     committee.
       ``(2) Submission to congress.--A report submitted to the 
     President under paragraph (1), including any dissenting or 
     minority views, shall be submitted to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and Members of Congress and staff of 
     such Members with proper security clearances.
       ``(3) Public availability.--If a report of an advisory 
     committee submitted to the President under paragraph (1) does 
     not include any classified information, the advisory 
     committee may request the designated Federal officer for that 
     committee to make the report available to the public.
       ``(o) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
     and
       ``(B) any other committee of the House or the Senate with 
     jurisdiction over laws that are or could be affected by a 
     trade agreement.
       ``(2) Designated federal officer.--The term `designated 
     Federal officer' means an officer or employee of the Federal 
     Government designated to chair or attend each meeting of each 
     advisory committee under section 10(e) of the Federal 
     Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
       ``(3) Non-federal government.--The term `non-Federal 
     government' means--
       ``(A) any State, territory, or possession of the United 
     States, or the District of Columbia, or any political 
     subdivision thereof; or
       ``(B) any agency or instrumentality of any entity described 
     in subparagraph (A).
       ``(4) Proper security clearances.--The term `proper 
     security clearances' has the meaning of that term as used in 
     section 104 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
     and Accountability Act of 2015.''.
       (2) Requirements for meetings.--Section 135 of such Act is 
     amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (2), by striking the first sentence; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) The committee shall meet as needed at the call of the 
     chairman of the committee or at the call of one-third of the 
     members of the committee. The designated Federal officer 
     shall be notified of any such meeting and shall provide 
     notice of the meeting in accordance with section 10 of the 
     Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), but, 
     notwithstanding any provision of that Act, the attendance of 
     such officer at the meeting is not required.''; and
       (B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) A committee established under paragraph (1), (2), or 
     (3) shall meet as needed at the call of the chairman of the 
     committee or at the call of one-third of the members of the 
     committee. The designated Federal officer shall be notified 
     of any such meeting and shall provide notice of the meeting 
     in accordance with section 10 of the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), but, notwithstanding any 
     provision of that Act, the attendance of such officer at the 
     meeting is not required.''.
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