Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024
Sponsored by Lance Gooden
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 16, 2024
This bill reestablishes a China-focused initiative within the Department of Justice's National Security Division, renamed the CCP Initiative. The initiative is tasked with countering nation-state threats, addressing espionage targeting U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions, prosecuting individuals involved in trade secret theft and economic espionage, and protecting critical infrastructure from foreign threats. The DOJ is required to provide annual briefings to specified congressional committees on the initiative's progress and challenges. The initiative is set to terminate six years after the bill's enactment.
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Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act This bill reestablishes an initiative related to China within the National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and outlines the goals and requirements for this initiative. In 2022, DOJ ended a program named the China Initiative. This bill reestablishes and renames it the CCP Initiative to (1) counter nation-state threats to the United States; (2) curb spying by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions; (3) identify and prosecute individuals engaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage; and (4) protect U.S. critical infrastructure from foreign threats. DOJ must annually brief specified congressional committees on the progress and challenges of the initiative. The initiative terminates six years after enactment of this bill.