USTR Inspector General Act of 2020

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

1. 6 August 2020

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 August 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 August 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 August 2020

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
• Catherine Cortez Masto · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
• Maria Cantwell · D · Sponsor
• Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
• Maggie Hassan · D · Sponsor
• John Reed · D · Cosponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← USTR Inspector General Act of 2020
• related to ← America LEADS Act