S 678 · 112th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act

Introduced 2011-03-30· Sponsored by Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.(2011-12-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to increase (from 15 to 20 years) the term of imprisonment for economic espionage (i.e., stealing or obtaining, duplicating or conveying, or buying or possessing trade secrets without authorization intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or foreign agent). Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review its guidelines and policy relating to a two-level enhancement for economic espionage and consider amending the guidelines to: (1) apply the two-level enhancement to the simple misappropriation of a trade secret; (2) apply an additional two-level enhancement if the defendant transmits or attempts to transmit the stolen trade secret outside of the United States and an additional three-level enhancement if the defendant instead commits economic espionage; and (3) provide that a defendant who transmits trade secrets outside of the United States or commits economic espionage should face a minimum offense level.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 678, Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act

Jan 25, 2012

Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 8, 2011

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (9)

5 Democrats4 Republicans