3.0.0 4493 2023-01-11T13:45:17Z 2023-01-11T13:45:17Z Senate S 2020-08-06 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-06T19:36:42Z USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 116 7980 HR 2020-08-07 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS America LEADS Act 116 4629 S 2020-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2020-08-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-08-06 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-08-06 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-08-06 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-08-06 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-08-06 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-08-06 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-08-06 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2020-08-06 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-08-06 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2020-08-06 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2020-08-06 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-08-06 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-08-13 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-08-13 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-09-08 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Asia China Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government studies and investigations Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Tariffs Trade agreements and negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2020-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-17T20:39:21Z 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.

]]> USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 Display Title USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Inspector General of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4493is/xml/BILLS-116s4493is.xml 2020-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.