Summary

Requires the President to appoint an Inspector General (IG) for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) within 120 days of enactment and adds the USTR and the U.S. Trade Representative to the list of offices covered by the Inspector General Act. The bill also records congressional findings about Congress’s constitutional trade authority and USTR’s statutory role in developing and administering U.S. trade policy and agreements.

• Adds the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Trade Representative to the offices covered by the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. § 401).
• Requires the President to appoint an Inspector General for the USTR within 120 days of enactment.
• Includes congressional findings restating Congress’s constitutional trade authority and summarizing USTR’s statutory duties.
• Does not provide explicit funding or change USTR’s substantive trade authorities or programs.
• Brings USTR into the existing federal IG oversight framework, increasing independent oversight, audits, and investigations capability.
• Implementation follows the Inspector General Act appointment procedures (e.g., presidential appointment and applicable confirmation).
• Establishment of an IG may impose administrative costs on USTR but no appropriation language is included.
• The measure is narrow and procedural in scope—focused on oversight structure rather than policy changes.
• Creates a clear, short timeline (120 days) for initial compliance by the executive branch.