3.0.0 678 2023-01-11T13:22:59Z 2023-01-11T13:22:59Z Senate S S 2011-03-30 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-12-08T19:19:16Z Markup by 2011-12-08T15:36:11Z Hearings by 2011-06-22T18:40:11Z Referred to 2011-03-30T16:41:02Z Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 112 6029 HR 2013-01-14 Became Public Law No: 112-269. Related bill CRS 2011-12-08 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255. Calendars 2011-12-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 2011-12-08 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-12-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2011-06-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-922. Committee 2011-03-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1985) IntroReferral 2011-03-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1985) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-03-30 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-03-30 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-06-22 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2011-10-17 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2011-10-17 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2011-11-01 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-12-01 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-12-07 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2012-07-31 False H.R.6029 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6029 Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Criminal procedure and sentencing Trade secrets and economic espionage U.S. Sentencing Commission Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-08T20:16:55Z Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to increase (from 15 to 20 years) the term of imprisonment for economic espionage (i.e., stealing or obtaining, duplicating or conveying, or buying or possessing trade secrets without authorization intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or foreign agent).

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review its guidelines and policy relating to a two-level enhancement for economic espionage and consider amending the guidelines to: (1) apply the two-level enhancement to the simple misappropriation of a trade secret; (2) apply an additional two-level enhancement if the defendant transmits or attempts to transmit the stolen trade secret outside of the United States and an additional three-level enhancement if the defendant instead commits economic espionage; and (3) provide that a defendant who transmits trade secrets outside of the United States or commits economic espionage should face a minimum offense level.

]]> 01 2011-12-08 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-01-18T20:23:22Z Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to increase (from 15 to 20 years) the term of imprisonment for economic espionage (i.e., stealing or obtaining, duplicating or conveying, or buying or possessing trade secrets without authorization intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or foreign agent).

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses relating to the transmission of a stolen trade secret outside of the United States or economic espionage to reflect the intent of Congress that penalties for such offenses: (1) reflect the seriousness of, and potential and actual harm caused by, such offenses; and (2) provide adequate deterrence.

Directs the Commission to: (1) consider the extent to which such guidelines and statements appropriately account for the simple misappropriation of a trade secret, including the sufficiency of the existing enhancement for such offenses to address the seriousness of this conduct; (2) consider additional enhancements to account for any transmission of a stolen trade secret outside of the United States and any such transmission that is committed for the benefit of a foreign government; (3) consider establishing a minimum offense level for offenses relating to such transmission; (4) ensure that the guidelines and statements reflect the serious nature of such offenses and the need to deter such conduct; (5) ensure reasonable consistency with other relevant directives, guidelines and statements, and federal statutes; and (6) ensure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes of sentencing.

Directs the Commission to complete its review within 180 days and to issue a report explaining any decision not to adopt any of the specific recommendations.

]]> Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act Display Title Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act Short Titles as Introduced Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the penalties for economic espionage. Reported to Senate 2011-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s678rs/xml/BILLS-112s678rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s678is/xml/BILLS-112s678is.xml 2011-12-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.