[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MAKING IN ORDER TRAFICANT AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1555, INTELLIGENCE 
                 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Traficant amendment to H.R. 1555 at the desk be made in order to the 
bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title III (page 10, after line 2), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 304. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOREIGN ESPIONAGE ON UNITED 
                   STATES TRADE SECRETS.

       By not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence shall 
     submit to Congress a report describing the effects of 
     espionage against the United States, conducted by or on 
     behalf of other nations, on United States trade secrets, 
     patents, and technology development. The study shall include 
     an analysis of the effects of such espionage on the trade 
     deficit of the United States and on the employment rate in 
     the United States.

                          ____________________