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H.R. 7980 116th Congress House

USTR Inspector General Act of 2020

Official title: 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: August 7, 2020 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance AsiaChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsExecutive agency funding and structure
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Aug 7, 2020
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.
Aug 7, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 7, 2020

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Aug 7, 2020
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Chu, Judy
California · Aug 7, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Aug 7, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Aug 7, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Aug 7, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 7, 2020
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Aug 7, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· Aug 7, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7980: USTR Inspector General Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7980/
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"H.R. 7980: USTR Inspector General Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7980/.
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H.R. 7980, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7980/.
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