[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 844

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow an owner of a trade 
 secret redress of the theft of trade secrets extraterritorially, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2023

Mr. Obernolte (for himself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. Crawford) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow an owner of a trade 
 secret redress of the theft of trade secrets extraterritorially, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect American Trade Secrets Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REDRESS OF THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS EXTRATERRITORIALLY.

    Section 1836 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Applicability to Conduct Outside United States.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall apply to 
conduct occurring outside the United States and impacting United States 
commerce, including conduct by an offender who is--
            ``(1) not a United States person or an alien lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence into the United States; or
            ``(2) an organization which is created or organized under 
        the laws of a foreign government or which has its principal 
        place of business located outside of the United States.''.
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