HR-1468 — Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

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The Protect America's Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act would create a new CCP Initiative inside the Justice Department's National Security Division, focused on countering Chinese Communist Party-linked espionage, hacking, and trade secret theft targeting U.S. businesses, universities, and research labs. The Attorney General would have to keep the initiative's staff and money separate from other national-security programs, except in exceptional circumstances. Each year, the Attorney General would submit a detailed report to Congress covering the initiative's progress, its funding, coordination with the FBI, and China's use of drones and artificial intelligence for espionage. The program would automatically end six years after the bill becomes law unless Congress acts again. It mainly affects federal law enforcement priorities and the technology and research sectors it aims to protect from PRC-linked threats.

Transparency & Accountability

Reporting requirements — Attorney General must submit annual report to Congress on initiative progress
Sunset clause — Program automatically ends six years after enactment absent further action

Congressional Summary

Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP ActThis bill reestablishes an initiative in the National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat espionage, theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, and threats to critical infrastructure posed by the Chinese government. A similar initiative was launched in 2018 and discontinued in 2022.Specifically, this bill establishes the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Initiative and sets forth its objectives, including to curb spying by the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions; develop an enforcement strategy for technology transfers by nontraditional collectors (e.g., researchers in labs or at universities) to Chinese individuals and entities or their agents contrary to U.S. interests; and address China-related risks arising from foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate.The bill further specifies that the CCP Initiative must prioritize the identification and prosecution of trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage; the protection of critical infrastructure in the United States; and the identification of intellectual property theft from U.S. businesses.Under the bill, the CCP Initiative terminates six years after enactment.

Legislative Subjects

Advisory bodiesAsiaChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of JusticeExecutive agency funding and structureHigher educationIntellectual propertyIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationSupply chainTrade secrets and economic espionageU.S. and foreign investments

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Reported to House
Action Date: 2026-06-15
Date Added: 2026-07-11
Source: Congress.gov →

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