,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,wyden1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1  
,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 
,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1   
,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4      
,warner1 and ,ms4 ,hassan7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh to    
establish an ,inspector ,general of the 
,office of the ,united ,states ,trade   
,representative1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,,ustr ,inspector ,general 
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
makes the following findings3 7#a7      
,section #h of article ,i of the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
provides that ,congress has the sole    
power to regulate international trade4  
7#b7 ,congress established the ,office  

of the ,united ,states ,trade           
,representative in the ,executive       
,office of the ,president under section 
#ada of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai   
,u4,s4,c4 #baga7 with the primary       
responsibility for developing1 and      
coordinating implementation of1 the     
international trade policy of the       
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,the ,united     
,states ,trade ,representative has      
primary responsibility for administering
 a variety of trade statutes and for    
monitoring the implementation and       
enforcement of trade agreements4  7#d7  
,section #ada7;c77#a77;,f7 of the ,trade
 ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4           
#baga7;c77#a77;,f77 states that the     
,united ,states ,trade ,representative  
shall report directly to the ,president 
and the ,congress regarding1 and be     
responsible to the ,president and the   
,congress for the administration of1    
trade agreements programs4  #c4         
,establishment of ,inspector ,general of
 the ,office of the ,united ,states     

,trade ,representative  7a7 ,definitions
 ,section #ab of the ,inspector ,general
 ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by    
striking or the ,director of the        
,national ,reconnaissance ,office2 and  
inserting the ,director of the ,national
 ,reconnaissance ,office2 or the ,united
 ,states ,trade ,representative22 and   
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking or  
the ,national ,reconnaissance ,office   
and inserting the ,national             
,reconnaissance ,office1 or the ,office 
of the ,united ,states ,trade           
,representative14  7b7 ,appointment of  
,inspector ,general ,not later than #abj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,president shall appoint
 an individual to serve as the          
,inspector ,general of the ,office of   
the ,united ,states ,trade              
,representative in accordance with      
section #c7;a7 of the ,inspector        
,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4    
,app474  #d4 ,audit of process for      

seeking exclusions from certain duties  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,inspector ,general of   
the ,office of the ,united ,states      
,trade ,representative shall commence   
conducting an audit of the process      
established by the ,united ,states      
,trade ,representative for excluding    
articles from duties imposed under      
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa7 with respect to  
articles imported from the ,people's    
,republic of ,china4  7b7 ,elements ,in 
conducting the audit required by        
subsection 7a71 the ,inspector ,general 
shall assess whether-- 7#a7 all         
information used to make determinations 
with respect to requests for or         
objections to such exclusions was       
included in the official record2 and    
7#b7 officials of the ,office of the    
,united ,states ,trade ,representative--
 7,a7 uniformly applied the criteria    
used to review such requests or         

objections to all persons that submitted
 such requests or objections1 as the    
case may be2  7,b7 changed the criteria 
used to review such requests or         
objections while such requests or       
objections1 as the case may be1 were    
pending2  7,c7 met with any interested  
parties to discuss such requests or     
objections while such requests or       
objections1 as the case may be1 were    
pending2  7,d7 at any time permitted the
 resubmission of a previously submitted 
request or objection after the          
submission deadline2 and  7,e7 uniformly
 allowed persons that submitted such    
requests or objections to submit        
additional information at any time while
 such requests or objections1 as the    
case may be1 were under review4