;or the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office; and inserting , the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, or the United States Trade Representative, ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking or the National Reconnaissance Office and inserting the National Reconnaissance Office, or the Office of the United States Trade Representative . (b) Appointment of inspector general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint an individual to serve as the Inspector General of the Office for the United States Trade Representative in accordance with section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 4. Audit of process for seeking exclusions from certain duties (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2411 ) with respect to articles imported from the People’s Republic of China. (b) Elements In conducting the audit required by subsection (a), the Inspector General shall assess whether— (1) all information used to make determinations with respect to requests for or objections to such exclusions was included in the official record; and (2) officials of the Office of the United States Trade Representative— (A) uniformly applied the criteria used to review such requests or objections to all persons that submitted such requests or objections, as the case may be; (B) changed the criteria used to review such requests or objections while such requests or objections, as the case may be, were pending; (C) met with any interested parties to discuss such requests or objections while such requests or objections, as the case may be, were pending