United States · Bill · S
S. 4493 (116th)
USTR Inspector General Act of 2020
Introduced
6 August 2020
Last action
6 August 2020 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
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
6 August 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 August 2020 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← USTR Inspector General Act of 2020
- related to ← America LEADS Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4493
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4493
- us · 116-s-4493 · source updated 5 December 2025