Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act
Latest action · Jun 15, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 607.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act
This bill reestablishes an initiative in the National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat espionage, theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, and threats to critical infrastructure posed by the Chinese government. A similar initiative was launched in 2018 and discontinued in 2022.
Specifically, this bill establishes the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Initiative and sets forth its objectives, including to curb spying by the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions; develop an enforcement strategy for technology transfers by nontraditional collectors (e.g., researchers in labs or at universities) to Chinese individuals and entities or their agents contrary to U.S. interests; and address China-related risks arising from foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate.
The bill further specifies that the CCP Initiative must prioritize the identification and prosecution of trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage; the protection of critical infrastructure in the United States; and the identification of intellectual property theft from U.S. businesses.
Under the bill, the CCP Initiative terminates six years after enactment.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2025 to May 21, 2025; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-UT | Mike Kennedy | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | May 21, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 21, 2025Markup Mar 26, 2026Reported Jun 15, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-699.
- Jun 15, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 607.
- Mar 26, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 26, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 27, 2026H.R. 1468, Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 35, February 21, 2025, page H729.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 672 | Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2025 | Related bill | Feb 20, 2025 |
| HR 1398 | Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024 | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 16, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Advisory bodies
- Asia
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Justice
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Higher education
- Intellectual property
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Supply chain
- Trade secrets and economic espionage
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2026Reported in House
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
