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USTR Inspector General Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4493| Senate 
| Updated: 8/6/2020
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (15)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 This bill requires the President to appoint an Inspector General of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), who shall conduct an audit of the process for excluding articles from certain duties with respect to articles imported from China. The required audit shall include an assessment of whether USTR officials (1) uniformly applied the criteria used to review a request for, or objection to, excluding such articles from duties; (2) met with any interested parties to discuss a request or objection while the request or objection was pending; and (3) at any time permitted the resubmission of a previously submitted request or objection after the submission deadline.
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Timeline
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 7, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7980
Introduced in House
  • August 6, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 6, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • August 7, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7980
    Introduced in House

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • S 116-4629: America LEADS Act
  • HR 116-7980: USTR Inspector General Act of 2020
AsiaChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations

USTR Inspector General Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4493| Senate 
| Updated: 8/6/2020
USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 This bill requires the President to appoint an Inspector General of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), who shall conduct an audit of the process for excluding articles from certain duties with respect to articles imported from China. The required audit shall include an assessment of whether USTR officials (1) uniformly applied the criteria used to review a request for, or objection to, excluding such articles from duties; (2) met with any interested parties to discuss a request or objection while the request or objection was pending; and (3) at any time permitted the resubmission of a previously submitted request or objection after the submission deadline.
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Timeline
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 7, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7980
Introduced in House
  • August 6, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 6, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • August 7, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7980
    Introduced in House
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (15)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • S 116-4629: America LEADS Act
  • HR 116-7980: USTR Inspector General Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AsiaChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations