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HRES 643 113th Congress House International Affairs Asia China Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Government information and archives Government liability Intellectual property Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information International organizations and cooperation Trade secrets and economic espionage

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.

Introduced: June 25, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Sep 8, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Jul 21, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jun 25, 2014
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 25, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 expand warnings to U.S. companies about the broad scope of tools to illicit trade secrets used by actors originating in the PRC;
  • DOD and the Department of State to provide briefings of the U.S.-China cybersecurity working group meetings in 2013; and
  • federal agencies to expand cooperation with partners to coordinate defense against cyber threats.
What's happening now September 8, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2