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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1245 (Introduced in Senate) — To combat the theft of trade secrets by China, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the or the Combating Chinese Purloining of Trade Secrets Act . CCP Trade Secrets Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Increased penalties for violations of section 2512 of title 18, United States Code, involving a foreign government Sec. 101. Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited. TITLE II—Protecting U.S. businesses from foreign trade secret theft Sec. 201.
Short title. Sec. 202. Prohibition on misappropriating U.S. trade secrets. TITLE III—Combating cybercrime Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Predicate offenses. Sec. 303. Forfeiture. Sec. 304. Shutting down botnets. Sec. 305. Aggravated damage to a critical infrastructure computer. Sec. 306. Stopping trafficking in botnets; fraud and related activity in connection with computers. TITLE IV—Espionage, theft of trade secrets, and improper interference in United States elections Sec. 401.
Espionage, theft of trade secrets, theft of intellectual property, involvement in commercial fraud schemes, and improper interference in United States elections. Sec. 402. Visa and nonimmigrant status restrictions. TITLE V—Government-funded research projects Sec. 501. Findings. Sec. 502. Definitions. Sec. 503. Approval of covered persons in sensitive Government-funded research projects. Sec. 504. Disclosure of research assistance from foreign governments.
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