[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3441-S3442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1998. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for 
Technology and

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Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional 
technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic 
security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job 
creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III of division B, add the following:

     SEC. 2309. IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF TRADE SECRET THEFT AND 
                   ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop 
     Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2021''.
       (b) In General.--
       (1) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(3)(A) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) Security and related grounds.--
       ``(A) In general.--Any alien who a consular officer, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney General 
     knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, seeks to enter 
     the United States to engage solely, principally, or 
     incidentally in--
       ``(i) any activity to violate any law of the United States 
     relating to espionage or sabotage;
       ``(ii) any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting 
     the export from the United States of goods, technology, or 
     sensitive information;
       ``(iii) any activity to violate any law of the United 
     States or of any State relating to the theft or 
     misappropriation of trade secrets or economic espionage;
       ``(iv) any other unlawful activity; or
       ``(v) any activity, a purpose of which is the opposition 
     to, or the control or overthrow of, the Government of the 
     United States by force, violence, or other unlawful means,
     is inadmissible.''.
       (2) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(4)(A) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(A)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(A) In general.--Any alien who has engaged, is engaged, 
     or at any time after admission, engages in--
       ``(i) any activity to violate any law of the United States 
     relating to espionage or sabotage;
       ``(ii) any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting 
     the export from the United States of goods, technology, or 
     sensitive information;
       ``(iii) any activity to violate any law of the United 
     States or of any State relating to the theft or 
     misappropriation of trade secrets or economic espionage;
       ``(iv) any other criminal activity that endangers public 
     safety or national security; or
       ``(v) any activity, a purpose of which is the opposition 
     to, or the control or overthrow of, the Government of the 
     United States by force, violence, or other unlawful means,
     is deportable.''.
       (c) Annual Report of Inadmissible and Deportable Foreign 
     Nationals.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     of State, in cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security and the Attorney General, shall submit a report to 
     the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and of the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the House of Representatives that identifies--
       (1) the nationality and visa admission category of each of 
     the foreign nationals who was determined, during the 
     reporting period, to be inadmissible under clause (ii) or 
     (iii) of section 212(a)(3)(A) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (b)(1), or 
     deportable pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
     237(a)(4)(A) of such Act, as amended by subsection (b)(2); 
     and
       (2) the research institutions, private sector companies or 
     other entities, United States Government agencies, and 
     taxpayer-funded organizations with which such foreign 
     nationals were associated.
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