HRES 643 · 113th Congress · International Affairs
Calling for further defense against the People's Republic of China's state-sponsored cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets, including by the People's Liberation Army.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.(2014-09-08)
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Calls for: the People's Republic of China (PRC) to end the practice of cyber-enabled espionage against U.S. firms and cooperate in cybersecurity efforts; the President to implement and coordinate the Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of United States Trade Secrets; the Department of Justice (DOJ) to advance investigations into cyber espionage by actors originating in the PRC; the U.S. government to condemn cyber-enabled espionage for the purposes of stealing intellectual property and trade secrets, pursue counter intelligence capacities, and prosecute such individuals should they enter U.S. territory; the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to estimate the loss from cyber theft, compile a list of actors that cause the most damage to U.S. firms, and pursue a dispute settlement case at the World Trade Organization; the U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive to update the unclassified report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage in 2009-2011; the Department of Defense (DOD) to restrict military-to-military contacts with the People's Liberation Army; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to e…
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Cosponsors (4)
3 Democrats1 Republican