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HR 1468 Advanced toward a vote

Establishes a Justice Department program called the CCP Initiative to counter Chinese Communist Party and PRC efforts to steal trade secrets, hack, and spy on U.S. businesses, universities, and research.

Official title: Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 21-FEB-2025
Referred 21-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 26-MAR-2026
Reported 15-JUN-2026
On the calendar 15-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Creates the CCP Initiative within the Justice Department's National Security Division, with resources set aside for it and kept separate from other nation-state programs except in exceptional circumstances.
  • Directs the initiative to prioritize prosecuting trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage by PRC-linked actors, and to review foreign investments that raise PRC-related risks, including as part of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
  • Requires an annual report to four House and Senate committees on the initiative's progress, resources, and an assessment of economic losses from PRC hacking and trade secret theft.
  • Takes effect on enactment and ceases to be in effect six years later.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 15-JUN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor Lance Gooden (R-TX) Cosponsors · 13
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